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You have GOT TO WATCH THIS!!!

Young Adult Common Core Pairs

I got this from Naomi Bates' website. 

She is a MEDIA SPECIALIST GODDESS!!!

This is an amazing list of Common Core Paired Books.

SO AMAZING!!

 

 

They Called Themselves the KKK by Susan Bartoletti Campbell

The Guardian by Julius Lester

 

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes –Courter

Compromised by Heidi Ayarbe

 

Blizzard by Jim Murphy

Trapped by Michael Northrop

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Killer by Seth Graham-Smith

 

Close to Shore:  The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

 

Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine by Leslie Dandy and Mel Boring

The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen

 

Hitler Youth:  Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Bartoletti Campbell

Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz

 

No Choirboy by Susan Kuklin

Rikers High by Paul Volponi

 

Portrait of a Killer:  Jack the Ripper, Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

 

Secret Subway by Martin Sandler

Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

 

Trapped:  How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2000 feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson

What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles

 

Yummy:  The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Greg Neri

The Brothers Torres by Coert Vorhees

 

Witch Hunt by Marc Aronson

The Minister’s Daughter by Julie Hearn

 

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

The Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw; or

 When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune by Lori Aurelia Williams

 

Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larsen

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi

 

Hidden Evidence:  40 True Crimes and How Forensic Science Helped Solve Them by David Owen

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

 

He’s Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt

Breaking up is hard to do : stories about falling out of love by four incredible authors

written by Niki Burnham ... [et al.].

 

Trial by Ice:  A Photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Surviving Antarctica:  Reality Television 2083 -  Andrea White

 

Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox

Exposed by Susan Vaught

 

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder Book trailer

Simone Elkeles

In a conversation with a 7th grader today, I found out about a new author that I had never heard of.
Her name is Simone Elkeles. Here is her website.
Has anybody read any of her books?
Simone Elkeles Website

The List

Scholastic 2012


When eight girls woke up the week before homecoming they didn't know how much their lives would be altered. Oh, most of them knew about the tradition, but didn't think it would happen to them. There were too many to choose from. But when they walked into school that morning, they found the list plastered everywhere with their names on it.

What is the List? Two names from each class - the prettiest and the ugliest posted for everyone to see. It's a make or break situation for the girls all for different reasons. People think the prettiest have it the easiest and no one wants to be the ugliest, but there it is in black and white for all the world to see.



Freshmen:

Abby Warner (who has to compete with her lackluster scholarly sister...she's only too happy to be voted prettiest)

Danielle Demarco (swimmer extraordinaire who's hurt by the nickname the list gives her, but knows she has the support of her boyfriend...)



Sophomores:

Lauren Finn (her first year in school after being home-schooled. She may look and act awkward but being the prettiest will definitely help her fit in)

Candace Kinkaid (upset with the fact that she's the ugliest, she can't believe people would think that of her since she actually is the prettiest - and loves to let people know it)



Juniors:

Sarah Singer (she's the emo girl who likes to be left alone, proving her tough image by smoking and dressing radically)

Bridget Honeycutt (she has tried all summer to be perfect because of one little comment, but the weight is coming off and it feels good. Only two more sizes and she'll be perfect...)



Seniors:

Jennifer Briggis (the only person in the entire history of the List to make it four times in a row as the ugliest!)

Margo Gable (the senior who has it all - the friends, the looks, the parties...a shoo-in for homecoming queen)



Slowly but surely, the metamorphosis begins in all of these girls' lives, both good and bad. Little do they know they've been specifically chosen this year to make or break them. But why? Who is behind the List?



Vivian takes a slice of life of high school girls, along with their drama, personal demons, and relationships to create eight unique characters that the reader will identify with. That is what makes this a beauty of a girl read book. The central plot is separated between all eight, with their own voices and stories told in alternating chapters, which will make readers polish this off quickly if only to find out what happens next and how ultimately, the girls lives being to intertwine.

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