Attack of the Teenage Brain: Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner
By: John Medina
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Marvel at the neuroscientific reasons why smart teens make dumb decisions! Behold the mind-controll…
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1. Hurricane Child
By: Kacen Callender
3.79
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old… read more
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"I thought the lights were the ghosts of those slaves coming for me because they were jealous that I'd been born free"-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child
"No one would ever say, "Come and join us, Caroline," so I would then spend the rest of the lunch period feeling sorry for myself and trying to remember that the lonely children like me are the ones w…"-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child
"The idea of not being alone -- of having someone who sees me, same way I see the things that no one else can see, makes me feel like I'm real. Like I deserve to exist on this planet alongside everyon…"-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child
"There’s much more in this life to fear than just spirits, and if I let fear rule my every move, I will become nothing more than a little ghost child myself. I want to be brave. I want to live the lif…"-Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child
2. The Girl Who Saved Christmas
By: Matt Haig
5.00
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MAGIC If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a… read more
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3. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
By: Zaretta Lynn Hammond
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
4. Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #0.5)
By: Rhys Bowen
2.82
Format: 3 pages, Kindle Edition
A delectable prequel to the national bestselling Royal Spyness mysteries featuring Lady Georgiana R… read more
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5. Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
By: Douglas Fisher , Nancy Frey , Dominique Smith
3.59
Format: 32 pages,
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6. A Boy Called Christmas
By: Matt Haig
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is… read more
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7. The Last Mrs. Summers (Her Royal Spyness, #14)
By: Rhys Bowen
4.16
Format: 300 pages, ebook
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in n… read more
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8. Remember Us
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more
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9. Two Degrees
By: Alan Gratz
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more
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"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees
10. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
- science
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
11. A Snake Falls to Earth
By: Darcie Little Badger
3.95
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still … read more
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"Hey Daysona!"-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth
"And their voices had a keenly musical quality. It wasn't that the animal people barked out literal instrumental notes or sand when they spoke. Rather, their words ignited emotional responses Nina had…"-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth
12. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Her Royal Spyness, #15)
By: Rhys Bowen
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in… read more
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13. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs (Her Royal Spyness, #13)
By: Rhys Bowen
3.87
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the pa… read more
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14. Notes from a Young Black Chef
By: Kwame Onwuachi
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A memoir from “the most important chef in America” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) and chef of Tatiana,… read more
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- nonfiction
"Like stolen labor, this stew became part of a Southern culture whose origins rest on the corrupt scaffolding of slavery."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Nothing is a turnoff like a New York City housing authority kitchen. People want to hear about that once you're successful, not when you're living in it."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Sometimes racism takes the form of ugly words and actions. Other times it remains unspoken, communicated by hostile looks and secret snickers. But the most corrosive form, and often the hardest to ad…"-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
15. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
16. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Library Binding
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated … read more
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- nonfiction
- education
- science
17. The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text
By: Nancy Hennessy M.Ed.
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Comprehension is a primary ingredient of reading success—but most educators aren't taught how to de… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
18. Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Turning Points in Ancient History)
By: Colin Elliott
3.76
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the … read more
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- science
19. The Frindle Files
By: Andrew Clements
4.55
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One last gift to teachers and readers from Andrew Clements: A sequel to his most beloved, landmark … read more
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20. Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
By: Jo Boaler
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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- education
- science
21. Attack of the Teenage Brain: Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner
By: John Medina
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Marvel at the neuroscientific reasons why smart teens make dumb decisions! Behold the mind-controll… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
- science
