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Hatchet

Lisa Kurkov (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643742

When Brian Robeson goes to visit his dad in Canada, the last thing he expects is that his plane will crash and he’ll be stranded in the wilderness. In this nonfiction companion to the popular novel, you'll learn about the author’s harrowing real-life experiences that are the basis of the novel. Get the facts about the dangers Brian faces in the Canadian North Woods and learn about foraging, fishing without gear, and how to start a fire without matches. Would you have what it takes to survive on your own? The Nonfiction Companion series takes popular, grade-appropriate fiction titles and provides a more in-depth understanding of them. What were ration booklets really like? How did barefoot doctors work? Did families really run away to work on farms? Students will love to read about the histories, author backgrounds, and real-life facts surrounding books they already know and love.

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Lisa Kurkov (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643759

In Gennifer Choldenko’s novel Al Capone Does My Shirts, Moose Flanagan has to figure out how to navigate life on Alcatraz. Not only is the island home to infamous criminals like Al Capone, but Moose also has to help his parents with his sister, who has autism, and learn how to fit in at school. In this nonfiction companion to the popular novel, you'll read about what life was like for real kids who grew up on Alcatraz, prisoner escape attempts, autism in the 1930s, and exactly why Al Capone was so famous. The Nonfiction Companion series takes popular, grade-appropriate fiction titles and provides a more in-depth understanding of them. What were ration booklets really like? How did barefoot doctors work? Did families really run away to work on farms? Students will love to read about the histories, author backgrounds, and real-life facts surrounding books they already know and love.

Bud, Not Buddy

Lisa Kurkov (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643728

Bud Caldwell, the protagonist of Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel Bud, Not Buddy, is on a mission to find the man he believes to be his father––bandleader Herman E. Calloway. In this nonfiction companion to the popular novel, you'll explore what real life was like during the Depression-era setting of the book, who the real jazz musicians of the era were, and what life was like living in a cardboard town called a Hooverville. The Nonfiction Companion series takes popular, grade-appropriate fiction titles and provides a more in-depth understanding of them. What were ration booklets really like? How did barefoot doctors work? Did families really run away to work on farms? Students will love to read about the histories, author backgrounds, and real-life facts surrounding books they already know and love.

Esperanza Rising

Lisa Kurkov (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643735

In Esperanza Rising, Esperanza lives a comfortable, well-to-do life on her family’s ranch in Mexico. When her life suddenly changes and she must become a farm worker in California, she has a difficult time adjusting. In this nonfiction companion to the popular novel, readers learn about the struggles farm workers faced during the Great Depression, including illness, dust storms, and the decision of whether or not to strike, as well as the small joys, like favorite foods and weekly fiestas. The Nonfiction Companion series takes popular, grade-appropriate fiction titles and provides a more in-depth understanding of them. What were ration booklets really like? How did barefoot doctors work? Did families really run away to work on farms? Students will love to read about the histories, author backgrounds, and real-life facts surrounding books they already know and love.

Problem Solving / Bedtime Blues

Emily Anderson (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781645983583

Develop students’ soft skills with this five-book set. Critical elements of soft skills in the workplace and everyday life are explored in these flip books. Topics include: communication, emotional intelligence, adaptability, problem-solving, and work ethic.

Emotional Intelligence / Bad Day

Jill L. Haney, Ashley Storm (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781645983576

This book is actually two books in one, with a nonfiction side and a fiction side. The nonfiction side teaches students about an important life skills topic, and the fiction side helps them see the skills in action as they read about teens in real-world situations.

Communication / Tryout

Emily Anderson, Ashley Storm (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781645983569

This book is actually two books in one, with a nonfiction side and a fiction side. The nonfiction side teaches students about an important life skills topic, and the fiction side helps them see the skills in action as they read about teens in real-world situations.

Adaptability / Understudy

Emily Anderson, Ashley Storm (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781645983552

This book is actually two books in one, with a nonfiction side and a fiction side. The nonfiction side teaches students about an important life skills topic, and the fiction side helps them see the skills in action as they read about teens in real-world situations.

The Time Machine Study Guide

H.G. Wells (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918856

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

Treasure Island Study Guide

Robert Louis Stevenson (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918863

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

The War of the Worlds Study Guide

H.G. Wells (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918887

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

White Fang Study Guide

Jack London (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918894

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

Work Ethic / Summer Job

Emily Anderson, PJ Gray (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781645983590

This book is actually two books in one, with a nonfiction side and a fiction side. The nonfiction side teaches students about an important life skills topic, and the fiction side helps them see the skills in action as they read about teens in real-world situations.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Study Guide

Jules Verne (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918870

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

A Tale of Two Cities Study Guide

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918832

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

Great Expectations Study Guide

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918665

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

The Swiss Family Robinson Study Guide

Johann David Wyss (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918825

Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys.

How to Do It Now Because It's Not Going Away

Leslie Josel (author)

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group ISBN: 9781728401621

With distance learning, teens are having to manage their time and attention now more than ever. Procrastination is especially tough for young adults. Getting started is overwhelming, it's hard to get motivated, not knowing how long things take messes up planning, and distractions are everywhere. We are all wired to put things off, but we can learn tools and techniques to kick this habit. This book is a user-friendly guide to help teens get their tasks done. Simple, straightforward, and with a touch of humor, it's packed with practical solutions and easily digestible tips to stay on top of homework, develop a sense of time, manage digital distractions, create easy-to-follow routines, and get unstuck.

Where's My Stuff?

Samantha Moss, Lesley Martin (author) Michael Wertz (illustrator)

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group ISBN: 9781541583894

A comprehensive guide for young adults on how to organize schoolwork, lockers, bedrooms, and even schedules. Take a quiz to identify your organizing style and get great advice about making decisions, purging closets, and creating the perfect space to relax, work, and store belongings. With fun and useful illustrations, easy-to-follow charts, and ample doses of humor, Where's My Stuff? is an incredible asset for anyone who wants to get it together and keep it together, for good.

A Very Good Year Teacher's Resource Guide

Saddleback (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919907

Teacher's resource guide with suggested activities for students reading this book. Clay is starting quarterback for the Carter High football team. He works hard to get what he wants. Clay wants to date Kim, but she turned him down last year. When Clay helps Hank with his passes, he finds out that Kim studies with Hank's sister. It could be the start of a very good year.

The Wrong Way Teacher's Resource Guide

Saddleback (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919891

Teacher's resource guide with suggested activities for students reading this book. Some girls said Marge didn't have to act to play the troublemaker in the senior play. Claire isn't so sure they are wrong, but she is lonely. First, she loses Kirk to Gwen. Then she finds out Gwen wants her part in the play. Marge is always around when she needs someone.

Be Fair Teacher's Resource Guide

Saddleback (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919815

Teacher's resource guide with suggested activities for students reading this book. Dru thinks it is her dad's fault that she can't spend her senior year at her old high school. However, she soon learns that judging people unfairly gets her nowhere. Troy could be Dru's new boyfriend, but will Dru's quick judgment get in the way of a new friendship?

Job Search

Carol Staudacher (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781612473468

Highly readable with full-color photographs, this 120-page handbook is great for teaching life skills to a twenty-first century population. The handbook will provide readers a thorough and non-threatening introduction to: Workplace Readiness, Occupational Training, Applying for a Job, The Job Interview. This handbook offers students a unique and visual way to achieve real-world literacy.

Community Resources

Joanne Suter, Susan M. Freese (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781612473413

Highly readable with full-color photographs, this 120-page handbook is great for teaching life skills to a twenty-first century population. The handbook will provide readers a thorough and non-threatening introduction to: Your Taxes at Work; Emergency Assistance; Services for Workers; Services for Citizens. This handbook offers students a unique and visual way to achieve real-world literacy.

Car and Driver

Emily Hutchinson (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918467

Highly readable with full-color photographs, this 120-page handbook is great for teaching life skills to a twenty-first century population. The handbook will provide readers a thorough and non-threatening introduction to: Becoming a Good Driver, Buying a Car, Maintenance and Repair, Driving and the Law. This handbook offers students a unique and visual way to achieve real-world literacy.