6 must-read nonfiction books like Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft by Penny Kittle

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Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft

By: Penny Kittle

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At a time when students’ attention is being pulled in many directions, writing expert Penny Kittle …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft by Penny Kittle , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12

By: Kylene Beers

4.29

Format: 248 pages,

For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced abruptly in 1979 when sh… read more

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2. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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3. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

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5. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

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7. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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8. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

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10. Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

By: Katherine Marsh

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award finalist Katherine Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Aca… read more

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11. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

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12. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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13. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

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14. The Faculty Lounge

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more

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  • education
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15. Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft

By: Penny Kittle

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At a time when students’ attention is being pulled in many directions, writing expert Penny Kittle … read more

Similar categories in Penny Kittle's Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft book and Penny Kittle's Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft

  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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16. Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel

By: Rex Ogle

4.12

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Four Eyes, comes the second book in this humorous an… read more

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17. Poetry Pauses: Teaching With Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres (Corwin Literacy)

By: Brett Vogelsinger

4.77

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Unleash the power of poetry to boost all academic writing Student writing outcomes will transform i… read more

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  • teaching
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18. Caprice

By: Coe Booth

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the groundbreaking author of Tyrell, an astonishing middle-grade novel about a girl overcoming… read more

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19. Buffalo Dreamer

By: Violet Duncan

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family his… read more

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20. The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers that Make Learning More Engaging

By: Meghan Hargrave

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Time Saving AI Tools that Make Learning More Engaging Busy educators need tools that support their… read more

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21. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives Inde… read more

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

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Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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