First Chapters for 8th grade!
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For fun!....Shadow and Bone quick intro read by the Netflix cast! (1 min 22 seconds)
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (9 min 27 seconds)
SUMMARY: Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Available in SORA and in the IMS Library!
Available in SORA and in the IMS Library!
Summary: Will, 15, is following his neighborhood’s well-established rules—don’t cry, don’t snitch, but do get revenge “if someone you love/ gets killed”—when he leaves his apartment, intent on killing whoever murdered his older brother, Shawn. He’s emboldened by the gun tucked into his waistband: “I put my hand behind my back/ felt the imprint/ of the piece, like/ another piece/ of me/ an extra vertebra,/ some more/ backbone.” As Will makes his way to the ground floor of his building, the elevator stops to accept passengers, each an important figure from his past, all victims of gun violence. Are these ghosts? Or is it Will’s subconscious at work, forcing him to think about what he intends to do and what it will accomplish? The story unfolds in the time it takes for the elevator to descend, and it ends with a two-word question that hits like a punch to the gut. Written entirely in spare verse, this is a tour de force from a writer who continues to demonstrate his skill as an exceptionally perceptive chronicler of what it means to be a black teen in America.
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Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson
When you click the link, select "Listen to Sample". DO NOT click Borrow!
When you click the link, select "Listen to Sample". DO NOT click Borrow!
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart Book Trailer Watch FIRST!
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart Book Trailer Watch FIRST!
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
Maximum Ride by John Patterson
The Limit by Kristen Landon