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Author
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
xxiii, 101 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Writing Instruction in the Culturally Relevant Classroom offers specific ideas for how to teach writing well and in a culturally relevant way. Drawing on research-based understandings from NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, Winn and Johnson demonstrate how these principles support an approach to writing instruction that can help all students succeed.
2) Stranded
Author
Series
Stranded volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.
Author
Series
Stranded volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz, and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over.
4) Survivors
Author
Series
Stranded volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
167, 14 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Trapped for eleven days on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa must venture deeper into the jungles of the island, where they discover a secret and find danger at every turn.
Author
Series
Stranded volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over. That means finding food and shelter, making fire for the first time, dealing with the wild boars that roam the island--and of course, figuring out how to get along (and not kill each other in the process)"--Page 4...
Author
Series
Stranded Shadow Island volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
146, 14 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Just as they are about to be rescued from their stay on Nowhere Island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa find themselves stranded on another island when their dinghy is swept away by a strong current.
7) The sabotage
Author
Series
Stranded Shadow Island volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
189, 14 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Carter, Vanessa, Buzz, and Jane found themselves stranded on Shadow Island, they had no idea what they were getting into. Now, one of their group is missing, and the stakes just keep getting higher. This is going to be a fight to the finish if they ever want to make it home again. It's going to take courage. It's going to take strength. It's going to take luck. And in the end, one rash decision could change everything--when everything is at stake....
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
172, 14 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Vanessa, Carter, Jane, and Buzz landed on Shadow Island, they never could have predicted what was waiting for them. Now the competition known as Raku Nau has ended, but not in the way they'd planned. The clock is ticking. Any hope of getting back to the lives they once knew lies in the balance. They have only one night to make things right, or they'll be forced to call Shadow Island home...for good. Because at sunrise, it all comes to an end....
Author
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (131 pages).
Language
English
Description
Peter Strand is half Chinese and half Cherokee and was adopted by an elderly white couple from Phoenix. Now he's a forensic accountant in San Francisco, where he's struggling with his identity.
When his employer asks him to investigate a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, Strand meets a cast of quirky characters who all seem to be hiding a secret. Peter soon finds evidence of a probable fraud, but when fraud leads to murder, he's drawn...