10 Best nonfiction books like Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty (Using Mindsets in the Classroom to Overcome Student Poverty and Adversity) by Eric Jensen

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Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty (Using Mindsets in the Classroom to Overcome Student Poverty and Adversity)

By: Eric Jensen

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

There are three critical characteristics to know about poverty and The devastating effects of pov…

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1. Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

By: Richard L. Allington , Kelly Gallagher

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practi… read more

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  • education
"...read books through the lens of life preparation."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?"

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

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2. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

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"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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4. The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]

By: Harry K. Wong , Rosemary T. Wong

3.99

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies have been sold of the preeminent book on classroom management and teaching fo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

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6. Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1)

By: Linda Castillo

3.97

Format: 570 pages, Hardcover

When a serial killer strikes bucolic Painters Mill, Ohio, the killer's signature ---Roman numerals … read more

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7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

By: Brian Selznick

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his s… read more

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8. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Who needs a ladder when you’ve got a giraffe with an extended neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleani… read more

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9. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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10. The Arrival

By: Shaun Tan

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to… read more

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11. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

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12. The Life She Was Given

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power o… read more

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13. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

By: Daniel Coyle

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a … read more

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14. Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner

By: Pérsida Himmele , William Himmele

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Total Participation Techniques presents dozens of ways to engage K 12 students in active learning a… read more

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15. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

By: Mildred D. Taylor

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more

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"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

16. Inside Out & Back Again

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more

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17. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)

By: Robert C. O'Brien

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more

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18. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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19. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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20. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

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21. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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22. It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

By: Trevor Noah

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Library Binding

The host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, tells the story of growing up half black, half white in S… read more

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"I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so muc…"

-Trevor Noah, It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

"When he said that, my body just let go. I remember the exact traffic light I was at. For a moment there was a complete vacuum of sound and then I cried tears like I had never cried before. I collapse…"

-Trevor Noah, It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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23. The Benefits of Being an Octopus

By: Ann Braden

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more

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"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."

-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

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24. Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice

By: Nathan Maynard

3.98

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learners Are yo… read more

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  • education
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25. The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

By: Alexandra Robbins

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The hit national bestseller - a New York Times Spring Nonfiction Pick, USA Today "Hottest New Book… read more

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"Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"By the fall of 2021, schools across the country had lost a staggering number of teachers, paraeducators, substitutes, bus drivers, and other staff who quit, retired early, got sick, or died because o…"

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

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26. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

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"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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27. Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School

By: Michelle Icard

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for… read more

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  • education
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28. How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms

By: Carol Ann Tomlinson

3.83

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

First published in 1995 as How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, this new e… read more

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29. What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the Noise

By: Seema Yasmin

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and c… read more

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30. Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty (Using Mindsets in the Classroom to Overcome Student Poverty and Adversity)

By: Eric Jensen

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

There are three critical characteristics to know about poverty and The devastating effects of pov… read more

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4.29

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3.99

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3.98

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3.63

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