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Shiver book cover
Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver

Genre:
Science fiction / Dystopian
Age Level:
YA

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer
Peter Howe

Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer

Genre:
Nonfiction
Age Level:
YA

Shooting Under Fire is the candid testimony and stunning photographs of the men and women who go into battle armed only with a camera to show warfare as it is and where it is.

Bullet hole on a white wall with a "Do Not Cross" police banner running in front
Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014)

Shooter

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
YA

The groundbreaking and widely praised novel about a school shooting, from the acclaimed author of Monster. Multiple narratives, a personal journal, and newspaper and police reports add perspective and pull readers into the story.

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Genre:
Nonfiction
Age Level:
YA

A renowned travel writer brings complex scientific concepts to life by describing how the universe and life as we know it came to be.

Detail from book cover Flying Lessons & Other Short Stories

Short Stories

These short stories have plenty of intrigue to keep students engaged and teachers can use them to teach literary devices including plot, characterization, foreshadowing, and irony. In addition, these stories have content that will provide for rich discussion about society, morals, ethics, and values.

Blog: Shanahan on Literacy

Should We Read to High School Students?

Oral sharing and video and audio presentations have their place in the high school English curriculum. But it is a small place, so teachers need to be honest with themselves as to why they are using those approaches.

Blog: Shanahan on Literacy

Should We Stop Using Guided Reading Because of Common Core?

Only part of guided reading is under challenge by Common Core. Small group instruction should afford teachers opportunities to observe student problems with reading and interpretation, and this insight should be used to shape instruction. 

Shout
Laurie Halse Anderson

Shout

Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir, Poetry

In this powerful memoir told in free verse, Anderson delves into her past and issues a call to action for social justice.

Show Way
Jacqueline Woodson

Show Way

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways — maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. 

Shutting Out the Sky
Deborah Hopkinson

Shutting Out the Sky

Genre:
Nonfiction

Life for immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was filled with challenges, documented here through the lives of five young people from different countries. Black & white photographs add riveting detail.