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An example of a "bonus material" style inner story is the chapter "The Town Ho's Story" in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick; that chapter tells a fully formed story of an exciting mutiny and contains many plot ideas that Melville had conceived during the early stages of writing Moby-Dick—ideas originally intended to be used later in the ...
Middle school is a time when kids are going through a lot of changes—physically, socially and emotionally. It’s also a particularly challenging period for parents, since tweens seek more ...
Be More Chill takes place in Metuchen, New Jersey.It is written in the first person, from the perspective of high school student Jeremiah “Jeremy” Heere. Jeremy attends the fictional Middle Borough High School and is considered a loser by many of his peers; the popular girls have no interest in him, and he is constantly bullied.
The Maze Runner is a popular pick by educators teaching middle-grade readers in schools. The novel was published in 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House with cover art by Philip Straub. The Maze Runner is the first novel in The Maze Runner series, followed by The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011).
Charlie is the fifteen-year old middle brother. When he was younger, he used to pray for animals. He once found a dog that had been struck by a car and had trouble coping with its death. Three years ago, he robbed a candy store and was sent to Rahway Home for Boys. His mother died only a few months after he began his time at Rahway.
With “Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross finds fresh colors in such a rigidly codified genre, turning a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a minimalist tone poem. The …
Hoot is a 2002 children's mystery/suspense novel by Carl Hiaasen.The story takes place in Florida, where new arrival Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy. Roy joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site.
The Pearl is often used to teach students about literature and is also used to discuss important lessons about life. Many believe the book is the easiest of Steinbeck's books to teach because the lessons are simple, yet significant, [12] so, generally, students in middle school or early high school study this novel. [13]