Author: VariousPublisher: Orca Book Pub
ISBN: 9781554692323
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Teen Fiction for Reluctant Readers Includes 92 paperbacks and Resource Guide (coil-bound or CD).
Orca Soundings Collection with Resource Guide
Author: VariousPublisher: Orca Book Pub
ISBN: 9781554692323
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Teen Fiction for Reluctant Readers Includes 92 paperbacks and Resource Guide (coil-bound or CD).
Orca Soundings Resource Guide
Author: Susan GeyePublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554693888
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
New Resource Guides available for Hi/Low fiction from Orca Book Publishers. Orca Soundings are teen novels for reluctant readers. Orca Currents are middle-school novels for reluctant readers. Written at a grade 2.0 to grade 4.5 reading level, these compelling contemporary novels have proven incredibly popular with teachers and librarians looking for material that will engage their most reluctant of readers. Orca has always provided professionally written teachers guides to accompany these books. Now we offer a complete resource guide to enable classroom integration of these popular titles. Including sections on reading levels, book discussion groups, literacy circles, assessment and follow-up activities, this resource guide enables a teacher to implement the Orca Soundings and Orca Currents series as part of a comprehensive independent reading and literacy unit.
Orca Currents Resource Guide
Author: Susan GreyePublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551439565
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A teacher's resource for Orca Currents, high-interest low-vocab novels for middle school readers.
Speaking Our Truth
Author: Monique Gray SmithPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 145981584X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.
Middle Row
Author: Sylvia OlsenPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551438992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Amid racism and ignorance, Vince and Rae Dawn try to find out what happened to a missing classmate.
Sticks and Stones
Author: Beth GoobiePublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554697239
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Jujube is thrilled when Brent asks her out. She is not so happy when the rumors start flying at school. Pretty soon her name is showing up on bathroom walls and everyone is whispering behind her back. When her mother gets involved, Jujube's reputation takes another hit. Deciding that someone has to take a stand, Jujube gathers all the other girls who have been labelled sluts—and worse—and tries to impress on her fellow students the damaging effects words can have on a person
Fallout
Author: Nikki TatePublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554692725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
After the death of her sister, Tara struggles to deal with her guilt through slam poetry.
Cellular
Author: Ellen SchwartzPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554692962
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
When Brendan is diagnosed with leukemia his life is turned upside down. With a smothering family and distant friends, all seems hopeless until he meets Lark, terminally ill yet full of life.
Heavy Freight
Author: Sigmund BrouwerPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459814770
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Maxwell Stone has been surviving and thriving in the tough part of East Vancouver by being smart and fast. But when a drug deal goes wrong, Max suddenly finds himself on the run from both the bad guys and the cops. Desperate to escape, Max impulsively decides to hop on a moving freight train. His first attempt to climb aboard fails, but at the last second a hand reaches down and pulls him in. Joseph has been riding the rails for years, and his tales inspire Max to take a journey to the last place he ever expected to go.
Chill
Author: Colin FrizzellPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554695937
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Chill has always been different. But the way Chill deals with his disability and his art have given him the power to survive the horrors of high school. When a new teacher arrives, determined to crush his students' spirit, Chill decides to fight back and risk everything. A story of doing the right thing and standing up for yourself—and your friends. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.