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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline: Guide For Families

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Leveled Reading Passage: Quinceanera Queen

Use this leveled reading passage with your students to practice fluency, build background knowledge...

Leveled Reading Passage: Rainbows for Pride

Use this leveled reading passage with your students to practice fluency, build background knowledge...

Leveled Reading Passage: Girls' Day

Use this leveled reading passage with your students to practice fluency, build background knowledge...

Leveled Reading Passage: Spider Surprise

Use this leveled reading passage with your students to practice fluency, build background knowledge...

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Some Kind of Hate

Written by Sarah Darer Littman

Declan Taylor is furious at the world. After winning state as a freshman starting pitcher, he...

7th - 9th
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To Kill a Mockingbird

Written by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story about a girl named Scout. Scout and her brother Jem...

9th - 12th
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Written by Melissa Bashardoust

Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never...

7th - 12th
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Burn Down, Rise Up

Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends...

8th - 12th
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Outcasts United

Written by Warren St. John

A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here...

7th - 9th
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This Is Your Time

Written by Ruby Bridges
Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your...
5th - 10th

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Read Aloud Video: A portion of A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Written by Claire Hartfield
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally...
7th - 9th

Historic Figures Activity Guide for 9-12

This activity guide supports books on historic figures for grades 9-12.

Essay Graphic Organizer for High School

Use this graphic organizer to help students structure their thesis statements, topic sentences and...
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Scholastic Classics: White Fang

Written by Jack London
A companion book to The Call of the Wild, this tale of the Klondike gold rush is told through the...
7th - 12th

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two...

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Word Search (Hard)

Look for vocabulary words from The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed...

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Word Search (Medium)

Look for vocabulary words from The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed...
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Written by Dashka Slater
If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students...
7th - 12th
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The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

Written by F. C. Yee
The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genie's every waking thought...
7th - 12th
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How It Went Down

Written by Kekla Magoon
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an...
9th - 12th
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Bright Lights Dark Nights

Written by Emond and Stephen
A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from Stephen...
7th - 12th
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Written by Karen Blumenthal
In Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal...
7th - 12th

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