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Young Adult Books OLDIES but GOODIES Anna J. Small Roseboro, NBCT http://teachingenglishlanguagearts.com/. The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence. If it’s not the dogs, who are the thieves of Ostia? Test your logic along with twelve year olds from ancient Rome.
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Young Adult Books OLDIES but GOODIES Anna J. Small Roseboro, NBCT http://teachingenglishlanguagearts.com/
The Thieves of Ostiaby Caroline Lawrence If it’s not the dogs, who are the thieves of Ostia? Test your logic along with twelve year olds from ancient Rome.
The Thieves of Ostiaby Caroline Lawrence • Don’t you love a mystery? • Does it take you long to figure our “who dun it”? • Using your knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology, you probably will figure this out before the grown-ups in the story do.
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox How exciting to be a passenger aboard a ship for a trip across the ocean to an exotic continent!
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox Unless, like an African slave, you, are thirteen year old Jessie is kidnapped and forced against your will to work on a slave ship.
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox This Newberry Award winning novel invites you to experience what Jessie sees and fears as this ship leaves his home in New Orleans, sails across the ocean to Africa and back to the island of Cuba.
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skatesby Mary Mapes Dodge This classic historical novel takes you on a tour of towns between Amsterdam and The Hague as you travel with the young boyswho ice skate over 30 miles down frozen canals of Holland.
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skatesby Mary Mapes Dodge A skillful as a movie maker, Mary Mapes Dodge paints word pictures so clearly you may be able to draw what you see in your mind as you read about daring speed-skating and life-long friendships.
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skatesby Mary Mapes Dodge You’ll learn about famous Dutch, Spanish, Russian, and English monarchs. Discover new facts about art and artillery men; experience sacrifice and selfishness; marvel at the humble and the haughty, and even rejoice about a surprising medical miracle!
JACK: Secret Circlesby F. Paul Wilson MYSTERY, MAGIC, AND MAYHEM • Jack and Weezy find something weird and wonderful in the woods near their home. • Then, neighbor boy goes missing. • Few clues to who, what, when, where or how!
JACK: Secret Circlesby F. Paul Wilson • What’s that pyramid shaped structure? • It’s big! • What’s that foul smell? • It’s coming from something big! • See how teens both help and hurt when they get involved.
JACK: Secret Circlesby F. Paul Wilson From the Jack, the Repairman series, this fast paced flashback entices you to read quickly. Discover the secrets around the town, in the woods, and within a neighbor’s house when Jack was a teenager.
The Seven Tales of Trinketby Shelley Moore Thomas She sets out on the road with Thomas, the Pig Boy, following a map her father left. What will Trinket, the Story Lass find and why does it matter?
The Seven Tales of Trinketby Shelley Moore Thomas What folk tales do you know that include a feather, a harp, a mirror, gold coins, a shovel, a stool or a scroll?
The Seven Tales of Trinketby Shelley Moore Thomas Like the vines on the book cover, author Shelley Moore Thomas strings together seven ancient tales from the British Isles into one story about a young lass who inherits her father’s skill as a storyteller.
Dragonsongby Anne McCaffrey • What could be more fun than a sweeping fantasy tale of dragons and flying lizards? • Dragonsong, part of the Chronicle of Pern series is just such a book of science fiction.
Dragonsongby Anne McCaffrey • Fourteen year old Menolly is a talented harper, so very skillful, yet her father wants her to hide her music. • Her music even charms the fire lizards that people in her town onl believe are mythical creatures.
Dragonsongby Anne McCaffrey What’s a girl to do? Read and find out for yourself.
Honey Beaby Kim Siegelson You’re in for a delightful surprise if you decide to read this Louisiana story by Kim Siegelson who has used a pun as the title of her book. Yes, a “pun” is a play on words.
Honey Beaby Kim Siegelson You’ll learn about human beekeepers and ways that bees keep their human keepers safe. You also will learn family secrets. Image
Honey Beaby Kim Siegelson You also may be surprised at the lengths to which slaves will go to gain their freedom! Expand your knowledge in three area by reading one novel. Use of Languages, Beekeeping, Flights toward Freedom
The Sword in the Stoneby T.H. White Take a look at this book cover. What do you notice? Just wait till you read what this cover illustrates. This modern classic will make you both jealous of this character and glad you didn’t go to school with him.
The Sword in the Stoneby T.H. White • You’ve heard of King Arthur, right? • Well, here’s a story of his adventures as a student. • Yep, a student of the Wizard, Merlyn.
The Sword in the Stoneby T.H. White • You think Harry Potter has some strange adventures? • Wait until you read about Kid Arthur experiences as a fish, a snake, and a badger. He even talks to the trees…who talk back to him.
My Lady Pocohantasby Kathleen V. Kudlinski When you think of Pocohantas, is this what you imagine? or this? This book of historical fiction shows her both ways. Historical fiction tells stories about real people, real places, and real events…with details added by the author.
My Lady Pocohantasby Kathleen V. Kudlinski The early chapters, set in the 1600’s, describe whatPocohantas’ life may have been like in among the Pamunkey tribe near Colonial Jamestown in the state of Virginia.
My Lady Pocohantasby Kathleen V. Kudlinski Through the imagination and skill of Kathleen V. Kudlinkski, you discover how and why a Native American begins to dress like an English lady and is renamed, Rebecca.