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My So-Called Bollywood Life
Nisha Sharma

My So-Called Bollywood Life

Genre:
Fiction, Romance
Age Level:
YA

Betrayed by Raj, who she thought she was fated to marry, Princeton, New Jersey, high school senior Winnie Mehta teams with fellow film fan Dev Khanna to get her life back on track and find her true soul mate.

 

Young teen boy looking pensively out the window
Accelerated Learning

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Addressing the social and emotional needs of tweens and teens, particularly those who have experienced traumatic events, within an educational setting can help students navigate the wider world with greater empathy and understanding. 

Pathways to College Network

Social Support: An Essential Ingredient to College Success

Social support strategies that sustain the preparation and success of all students are critical to improving academic achievement, raising expectations, and increasing the college-going rates of underserved students.
Sold
Patricia McCormick

Sold

Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA

When 13-year-old Lakshmi is sold into prostitution by her stepfather, she ends up in a brothel in the slums of Calcutta, where her life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Although a novel, this story reflects a situation that many girls around the world endure today.

soldier x
Don L. Wulffson

Soldier X

Genre:
Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Based on a true story, this is a teacher’s recollection of how is life was as a teenager fighting on the side of the Germans as a Hitler Youth. At 16, Erik Brandt was made to fight on the Russian front as a Nazi because of his ability to speak Russian. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that he wants out of this war, especially after he sees the cruelty done to the Jews. After a particular brutal attack on the Germans by the Russians, Erik switches his uniform with that of a dead Russian soldier and feigns amnesia. It is as Soldier X that Erik escapes with a nurse and lives to tell about his inner torment.

Solo
Kwame Alexander

Solo

Genre:
Fiction, Poetry, Romance
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA

Born to a legendary and chronically addicted rock star father, Blade Morrison just wants to spend some time with his girlfriend and his guitar in a drama-free zone. When a family secret is exposed, Blade’s life changes completely and sends him on a new journey.

Jonathan Cook, Carol Kaffenberger

Solution Shop: A Solution-Focused Counseling and Study Skills Program for Middle Schools

“Solution Shop” is a counseling and study skills program designed to address the academic needs of struggling middle school students. In this program, the school counselor serves the critical role of developing and providing appropriate interventions, which range from individual and group counseling, study skills instruction, parent consultation, behavioral contracts, math and reading tutoring, and teacher meetings.
Texas Education Agency

Some Obstacles to Vocabulary Development

A strong vocabulary, both written and spoken, requires more than a dictionary. In fact, it requires an educational commitment to overcoming four obstacles: the size of the task (the number of words students need to learn is exceedingly large), the differences between spoken and written English, the limitations of information sources including dictionaries, and the complexity of word knowledge (simple memorization is not enough). Learn more about these challenges to acquiring the 2,500 words a student needs to add each year to their reading vocabulary.
Some Places More Than Others
Renée Watson

Some Places More Than Others

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Amara visits her father’s family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.