Author: patricia.lesku
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Colossal Canada
Colossal Canada: 100 Epic Facts and Feats, by Elizabeth Macleod and Frieda Wishinsky Canada is colossal – no one would doubt that after reading this lively and fascinating compendium of facts about what makes our country unique. The facts include impressive natural phenomena, historical firsts, inventions, flight and space, myth and mystery, events and people…
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How to Make a Book Trailer
Book trailers are creative short videos that tell students something about the book without giving away the ending, and convince them to read the book! The video should be 2-3 minutes long and can include images, narration, sound, text and a variety of effects. Research Other Book Trailers Share one or more of these links with…
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Sight Unseen
Sight Unseen by David Carroll David Carroll’s Sight Unseen is an uncomfortable read on many levels. Since his diagnosis with the rare Stargardt disease, Finn is obsessively counting down the seconds to total blindness. His poor vision has already forced him to give up the mountain biking that he loves, and he’s lost many friends…
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Seven Dead Pirates
Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey Lewis Dearborn is a painfully shy eleven-year-old boy in sixth grade. On his great grandfather’s birthday, Lewis is the only one to hear him whisper two mysterious words, “Libertalia. You!” When his grandpa dies he moves with his overbearing parents into Shornoway, a ramshackle mansion by the sea. Lewis is quick…
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Shot in the Dark
As if being a teenager isn’t difficult enough, Micah is coping with a disability that slowly diminishes his capability to do things others take for granted. He tries to be as normal as he possibly can: refusing to have a guide dog believing it will limit his freedom, trying to do without his white cane…
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The Summer We Saved the Bees
The Summer We Saved the Bees, by Robin Stevenson What do you do when your activist mom is so worried about the state of the environment and the future of the world that she forgets to consider the needs of her own kids first? That’s the dilemma 12-year-old Wolf faces when his mom uproots his…
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Speechless
Speechless by Jennifer Mook-Sang Joe Alton Miles is a pretty average 12 year old middle school student. With the exception of his joint nickname with his best friend — Joe is known as “Jelly” (because his initials spell “J.A.M.”), and his best friend Parker Brown is known as “P.B.” (Get it? P.B. (peanut butter) &…