Newberry Winner!
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Discovery Education is kicking off April with the 2013 Newbery Award winning The One and Only Ivan, by K.A. Applegate.
It’s amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries. — Neal Shusterman, Unwind
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Because heroes come in all shapes and sizes...
Per Amazon: Author of War Horse, and bestselling storyteller Michael Morpurgo touched our hearts with this beautiful story of a boy, his lost dog, and the lengths he would go to be reunited. This timely story of battle-scarred Afghanistan delivers a masterful portrait of war, love, and friendship.
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Chock full of tolerance themes, this book has been a hit for many YA readers.
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From the Discovery Education Pinterest board: The Apothecary: It’s 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. There, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and becomes fascinated by his son, Benjamin Burrows—a boy who isn’t afraid to stand up to authority and who dreams of becoming a spy.
I admit it. I judge books by the covers, and this one just didn't attrack me.
But, checking out this Discovery Education Pinterest board has my attention picqued.
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Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life . . . until now.
Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy.
Here's an excerpt from Booklist: Tommy and his friends think that Dwight is a weirdo who’s “always talking about robots or spiders or something.” In true Dwight fashion, he shows up at school one day brandishing a little origami Yoda finger puppet. The really weird thing is that it doles out very un-Dwight-like bits of wisdom, and the mystery is whether the Yoda is just Dwight talking in a funny voice or if it actually has mystical powers... Grades 4-6. --Ian Chipman
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Lives up to the hype as the "next Hunger Games". Alien apocalypse. Grim and violent ... with some romance. Will appeal to both girls and boys.
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Here's a succinct recommendation from the Discovery Education Pinterest board:
The Book Thief - extremely powerful. Extreme beauty in all the ugly. Read it.
Grief does not change you. It reveals you.
The world is not a wish granting factory.
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
Check out these awesome quotes written amongst a gripping story that will be released as a movie in summer of 2014.
