Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-downs by Sandra McLeod Humphrey Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 133 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books (November 20, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591025699 ISBN-13: 978-1591025696 Source of book: Review copy from publisher Let’s face it, being a kid is difficult–dealing with peer pressure, the desire to [...]
A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (June 10, 2008) ISBN-10: 0385734700 ISBN-13: 978-0385734707 Source of book: Review copy from publisher If there’s one book you, your children, and your students should read this summer, it’s Shana Burg’s debut novel, A Thousand [...]
One of the worst child abuse cases in California’s history came to an end on March 5, 1973 when Dave Pelzer entered foster care. Dave begins his incredible story as an abused child with his rescue in part one of a series, A Child Called “It”. Calling this book a “page turner” doesn’t give it [...]