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In 1999, Shiloh was selected as a recommended novel for children ages nine to twelve in the Read Across America initiative. [64] In 2000, the Shiloh trilogy placed at number seven on the National Education Association's Children's Top 100 book list. Naylor was delighted that children had given her work such a high ranking.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson that serves as the beginning of Patterson's Middle School series. [1] Published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on June 27, 2011, the book follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian as he begins middle school and copes with the awkwardness of adolescence, "crushes, bullying, family issues ...
The Skin I'm In is a realistic fiction novel written by Sharon G. Flake. It was published by Hyperion Books on January 3, 2000. It depicts the story of seventh-grader Maleeka Madison who has low self-esteem because of her dark brown skin color. [1] The novel's themes include self-love, self-esteem, the power of friendship, bullying and body image.
How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition.
This book is recommended for teens/pre-teens in the "middle school" demographic. [1] The series currently includes 9 books [2] and has been adapted into an animated series by Netflix. In the initial story, a foster child and an optimistic loner named Jack Sullivan finds himself abandoned in a cartoonish end-of-the-world apocalypse.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...
Literature can be described as all of the following: Communication – activity of conveying information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. There are 2 pending revisions awaiting review. 1998 novel by Louis Sachar Holes Author Louis Sachar Language English Genre Adventure, mystery, fantasy Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Ediciones SM (Spain) Publication date August 20, 1998 ISBN 978-0-786 ...