Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12
Author: Deborah B. Ford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2009-11-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1586834061

Finally, a book to help educators promote sure-fire reading pleasers to boy readers in grades 3–12! Scary, Gross, and Enlightening: Books for Boys Grades 3-12 is the helpful new reference handbook for educators looking for just the right books to captivate the imaginations of boys in a way that makes reading fun as well as effective. In chapters than span the full range of categories and genres, Scary, Gross, and Enlightening surveys the latest and greatest titles aimed at boys in the primary and secondary grades, including nonfiction, graphic novels, mystery and adventure, sports, sci-fi and fantasy, humor, history, books that were made into movies, read-aloud titles, and classic works that have stood the test of time. Each chapter suggests a number of appropriate and delightful titles on a specific theme and includes listings of corresponding websites, reproducible lessons, and activities. The book also provides lists of professional titles to support each chapter's theme, as well as research-based strategies for teaching with the suggested books.

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12
Author: Deborah B. Ford
Publisher: Linworth
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1586833448

Ford's superb recommendations include a variety of titles and formats published before 2009. For each book included, interest and reading levels are noted and brief annotations are provided plot. Features include: Web sites, teaching tips, "non-traditional activities," and bits of information about authors and titles to share with a class.

Library and Information Science

Library and Information Science
Author: Michael Bemis
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-03-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838996051

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.

Death Eaters

Death Eaters
Author: Kelly Milner Halls
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512482005

This in-depth look at the science of decomposition showcases how and why living things are recycled by the planet and its creatures after death. Full color.

A Little Life

A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804172706

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12
Author: Deborah B. Ford
Publisher: Linworth
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1586833448

Ford's superb recommendations include a variety of titles and formats published before 2009. For each book included, interest and reading levels are noted and brief annotations are provided plot. Features include: Web sites, teaching tips, "non-traditional activities," and bits of information about authors and titles to share with a class.

The Girls Are Never Gone

The Girls Are Never Gone
Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 198483617X

The Conjuring meets Sadie in this queer ghost story, when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. But as the host of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation podcast, she knows to keep her doubts to herself if she wants to win over listeners. Her first season’s subject is the Arrington Estate—a sprawling manor rumored to be haunted by the spirit of Atheleen Bell, who drowned in its lake almost thirty years ago. Dare’s more interested in investigating the suspicious circumstances of Atheleen’s death, which she thinks point to a decades-old murder, not something supernatural. But Arrington is full of surprises. As Dare is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the estate, she’ll have to rethink the boundaries of what is possible. Because if something is lurking in the lake . . . it might not be willing to let her go.

The Ables

The Ables
Author: Jeremy Scott
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1684423384

I did have fantastic hearing, mostly by virtue of being blind. But that couldn't actually mean that he's trying to tell me I have super powers, right? Because that would be ridiculous. It wasn't the "sex talk" he expected. Phillip Sallinger's dad has told him he's a custodian--a guardian--and his genetically inherited power is telekinesis. He'll learn to move objects with his mind. Excited to begin superhero high school until he discovers he's assigned to a "special ed" class for disabled empowered kids, he suddenly feels like an outsider. Bullied, threatened, and betrayed, Phillip struggles, even as he and his friends--calling themselves the Ables--find ways to maximize their powers to overcome their disabilities, and are the first to identify the growing evil threatening humanity. As vital custodians disappear and the custodian leadership is mired in indecision, a mysterious and powerful figure taunts Phillip, and the enemy is poised to strike. But what if the next "one who does all," the multi-gifted custodian predicted to come, is one of the Ables?