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What Is A Friend?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. The 41 poems in this book guide us in...

3rd - 7th
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Manu: A Graphic Novel

Written and Illustrated by Kelly Fernández

A funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations...

3rd - 8th

Hello, Universe: Amazon Book Talk

A Book Talk is a short introduction of a book to students to activate prior knowledge, build background knowledge, and generate curiosity and excitement about the book.
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Mighty Heart of Sunny St James

Written by Ashley Herring Blake

Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first...

3rd - 7th
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Bernard Pepperlin

“Bernard and his newfound friends—revolutionary rats, wise-cracking cats, and coffee-chugging...

3rd - 7th
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The Turning

Does he belong to the land or to the sea?

Readers who loved Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the...

3rd - 7th

Hello Universe: Word Search

After reading Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly and Isabel Roxas, use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle to extend student learning.
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Front Desk

Written by Kelly Yang

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her...

5th - 7th
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Hello, Universe

Written by Erin Entrada Kelly
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Four very different kids wake up on what seems like an ordinary day, never expecting that by the end of it, their lives will be completely tangled together. When a cruel prank leaves Virgil trapped at the bottom of a well, the clock starts ticking, and the others must find the courage and determination they never knew they had.
3rd - 7th
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Bump

Written by Matt Wallace

A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about...

3rd - 7th
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Been There, Done That: School Dazed

Written by Mike Winchell and Illustrated by Don Tate
School is in session as celebrated authors share their real-life academic experiences and turn them...
5th - 7th
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Fierce Reads Kisses and Curses

Written by Various
Every page more fierce than the last! Enjoy a good monster love story? Or a dark, Russian-style...
7th - 12th
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Gabriel: Book 2 of the Styclar Saga

Written by Nikki Kelly
Gabriel is an angel descendant. He's also an ally to a generation of vampires who want to break away...
7th - 12th

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