What Works in Writing Instruction: Research and Practice, 2nd ed.
By: Deborah Dean
4.20
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
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1. The Poet X
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more
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"Pero, tú no eres fácil."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
2. Go Tell It on the Mountain
By: James Baldwin
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more
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3. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
By: Natalie Goldberg
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
In her first book to focus solely on writing since her classic work Writing Down the Bones, Goldber… read more
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4. Long Way Down
By: Jason Reynolds
4.25
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more
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"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
5. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry
4.06
Format: 687 pages, Paperback
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more
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"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
6. Bronx Masquerade
By: Nikki Grimes
4.16
Format: 331 pages,
Using the structure of a poetry slam, Nikki Grimes' award-winning novel is a powerful exploration o… read more
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7. Writing with Mentors:
By: Allison Marchetti , Rebekah O'Dell
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Writing With Mentors is one of the best books I've read on harnessing the power of mentor texts to… read more
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8. Ghost (Track, #1)
By: Jason Reynolds
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more
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9. All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more
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10. Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more
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11. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more
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12. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
13. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
By: Beth Macy
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction.… read more
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"The corporation feels no pain."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"You whack one [dealer], and the others just pop right up, like Whac-A-Mole"-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for truly no good law enforcement reason."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"But you can't put a corporation in jail; you just take their money, and it's not really their money anyway."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
14. Other Words for Home
By: Jasmine Warga
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more
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"Americans are obsessed with murder"-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home
15. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
16. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Brandy Colbert
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and leg… read more
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17. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
18. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Jason Reynolds
4.48
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning for ages 12 and up. A time… read more
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"Science says the races are biologically equal so if they're not in society, the only reason why can be racism."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"...leads back to the question of whether you, reader, want to be a segregationist (a hater), an assimilationist (a coward), or an antiracist (someone who truly loves)."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"The first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past. By acknowledging America's racist past, we can acknowledge America's racist present. In acknowledging America'…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"Brown v. Board of Education, 1954: I’m sure you’ve heard of this one. If you live in the South and go to a diverse school, this is why. This was the case that said racial segregation in public school…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
19. Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
4.31
Format: 19 pages, Audiobook
A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more
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"Difficult to “move on"-Toni Morrison, Recitatif
20. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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21. Warrior Girl Unearthed
By: Angeline Boulley
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more
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"Some friendships can endure anything."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
22. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
By: Jason Reynolds
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a nove… read more
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"Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"Difference: Then I think about Ms Broome's assignment. What could I be? What do I wish I could become to change the world? I think about telling Benni I might want to be wet cement to fill the cracks…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
"A school bus is many things. A school bus is a substitute for a limousine. More class. A school bus is a classroom with a substitute teacher. A school bus is the students' version of a teachers' loun…"-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
23. They Went Left
By: Monica Hesse
4.24
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over,… read more
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"Choose to love."-Monica Hesse, They Went Left
"Our minds are nothing. That's the biggest nothing, the reason we are still in the hospital. Our minds are soft. Confused."-Monica Hesse, They Went Left
24. Firekeeper’s Daughter
By: Angeline Boulley
4.33
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, Daunis Fontaine has never qui… read more
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"Good things end how they start"-Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
"Honor your spirit. Love yourself."-Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
"Who does not move forward recedes"-Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
"Failure to plan means planning to fall."-Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
25. Promises of Gold
By: José Olivarez
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more
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26. The Cliffs
By: J. Courtney Sullivan
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more
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27. Just Us: An American Conversation
By: Claudia Rankine
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Claudia Rankine's Citizen changed the conversation--Just Us urges all of us into itAs everyday whit… read more
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"To converse is to risk the unraveling of the said and the unsaid."-Claudia Rankine, Just Us: An American Conversation
28. 4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency
By: Penny Kittle
4.56
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Essay. Poetry. Book Clubs. Digital Composition. Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work … read more
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29. What Works in Writing Instruction: Research and Practice, 2nd ed.
By: Deborah Dean
4.20
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
What Works in Writing Instruction offers the best of what is currently known about effective writin… read more
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30. A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12: The Classroom Essentials Series
By: Katie Wood Ray
4.54
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Using mentor texts from a range of high-interest sources and diverse authors can be a real game cha… read more
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31. The Confidence to Write: A Guide for Overcoming Fear and Developing Identity as a Writer
By: Liz Prather
4.55
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
"I can't write." How often do we hear this every day from students at all different skill levels? W… read more
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