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  • Little Worlds : A Collection of Short Stories for the Middle School

    The purpose of this text was to make available a large collection of stories that are high in literary quality yet accessible to middle-school students. Its widespread acceptance in schools throughout the country attests that this anthology has indeed achieved its goal. It presents students with a variety of issues, styles, conflicts, and points of view through the stories of Maupassant, Lessing, Hemingway, Welty, Hawthorne, Porter, as well as many others.
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 1877653527
    • ASIN: 1877653527
    • ISBN: 1877653527
    • Brand: Wayside Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Wayside Pub

  • Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing

    Newbery Medal–winning author Avi has selected short stories from the past and present in this entertaining collection for young readers. And whether you begin by reading alone or reading aloud, these stories are some of the very best to share. Featuring loyal pets, rogue waves, ghosts who use cell phones, and young people caught up in events beyond their control, these stories are written by some of the most entertaining and esteemed authors of children’s literature. They will have you savoring a quiet moment by yourself, talking during dinnertime with your family, and laughing in class with your friends.Though it may take only a few minutes to read, a terrific short story can take you on a long journey. Are you ready for the trip?
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 0618476032
    • UPC: 046442476034
    • ASIN: 0618476032
    • ISBN: 0618476032
    • Brand: Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

  • The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

    This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. Now a major motion picture from Disney, starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half. With the storm in full force and waves up to 70 feet high, four coast guardsmen headed out to sea in a tiny lifeboat to come to the rescue. They were the only hope for the stranded sailors. Despite incr... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ISBN: 1250044235
    • Brand: Tougias Michael J
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

  • 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen

    "If thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number...you would think a civilized society could come up with a way for us to skip it." -- from "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" by Bruce Coville No one will want to skip any of the twelve short stories and one poem that make up this collection by some of the most celebrated contemporary writers of teen fiction. The big bar mitzvah that goes suddenly, wildly, hilariously out of control. A first kiss -- and a realization about one's sexual orientation. A crush on a girl that ends up putting the boy who likes her in the hospital. A pair of sneakers a kid has to have. By turns funny and sad, wrenching and poignant, the moments large and small described in these stories capture perfectly the agony and ecstasy of being thirteen.
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    • ASIN: 1416926844
    • ASIN: 1416926844
    • ISBN: 1416926844
    • Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

  • Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens

    A treasury of fifty sensational read-aloud pieces for young adults.From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to Maniac Magee, sci-fi to op-ed, “Casey at the Bat” to a moving true story about the reunion of two Holocaust survivors, this wonderfully diverse collection of excerpts from newspapers, magazines, and books has been created by Jim Trelease especially to turn young people on to the many pleasures of reading. Here are thought-provoking columns from Mike Royko and Pete Hamill; excerpts from classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and “Rikki-tikki-tavi”; autobiographical sketches by Maya Angelou, Moss Hart, and others, highlighting the importance of reading in their lives; and much more. With selections representing many different cultures, genres, writing styles, and intere... [Read More]
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 0140146555
    • ASIN: 0140146555
    • ISBN: 9780140146554
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)

    50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common—the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world’s fiction.
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 0553277456
    • ASIN: 0553277456
    • ISBN: 0553277456
    • Brand: Bantam Classics
    • Manufacturer: Bantam Classics

  • Through the Fire: Based on a True Story About a Young Girl That Was Maliciously Burned in a House Fire

    A childhood tragedy cost her more than she could've imagined, but it also gave a gift far worth more than she could've hoped for... Theresa holds nothing back as she retraces her traumatic childhood in the countryside of North Carolina in one of the most inspirational books you’ve read yet. Between unstable, alcoholic parents and the ever-present threat of emotional and physical neglect, Theresa never had the childhood every adult wished they could recall. After a horrible fire incident which left her unrecognizably scarred for life at age four, Theresa was left to deal with pain, despair and hopelessness on a level that most people would have difficulty overcoming. Through the Fire is not just another personal memoir, but a guide for people struggling with life's big questions. If you'v... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 152078080X
    • ASIN: 152078080X
    • ISBN: 152078080X
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 0547577311
    • ASIN: 0547577311
    • ISBN: 0547577311
    • Brand: Clarion Books
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

  • Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja

    Age Level: 9 - 12 | Grade Level: 4th and upMy name is Chase Cooper, and I'm a 6th grade ninja. It's my first day at a different school and the only person I know is my cousin, Zoe (but she might be a little too cool for me). I was just another scrawny kid until a group of ninjas recruited me into their clan. It was a world of trouble I wasn't prepared for, which is why I kept this diary (or "chronicle" as my dad would call it) - to warn other kids about the dangers of becoming a ninja. They say history is destined to repeat itself... well, not if I can help it.Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja is a hilarious adventure for children ages 9-12.
    Best Short Stories For Middle School

    • ASIN: 1493527487
    • ASIN: 1493527487
    • ISBN: 1493527487
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • Of Mice and Men

    A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ISBN: 0140177396
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • No Middle Name : The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

    Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling novella and 11 previously published short stories are gathered in one pulse-pounding collection from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Child. Tall Premium
    Best Short Stories For Middle School
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in

    • UPC: 318993993
    • Rating: 3.846

  • Middle Unearthed : The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849

    Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These 10 excellent stories were uncovered by awarding-winning editor Andrew Barger from old magazines and forgotten journals. Andrew provides a list, at the back of the collection, of the stories considered for the anthology. Andrew further includes background introductions to each story and author photos, where available. But his treatment of some of the earliest stories in the genre gets even better with annotations of the
    Best Short Stories For Middle School
    Before there was a lovable green ogre called Shrek and a bespeckled wizard named Harry Potter, there were the best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. These 10 excellent stories were uncovered by awarding-winning editor Andrew Barger from old magazines and forgotten journals. Andrew provides a list, at the back of the collection, of the stories considered for the anthology. Andrew further includes background introductions to each story and author photos, where available. But his treatment of some of the earliest stories in the genre gets even better with annotations of the

    • UPC: 635749035
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Best Short Stories : A Dual-Language Book

    In this collection of seven of his most popular stories each tale reflects both the author's intimate familiarity with Paris and the provinces in the Belle Epoque, as well as a nonjudgmental humanism that is one of Guy de Maupassant's most attractive writing
    Best Short Stories For Middle School
    In his stories Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) blended brilliantly realistic depictions of characters moving against carefully described backgrounds with an objectivity and universality that has earned him a place among the finest of all short-story writers. In this collection of seven of his most popular stories, each tale reflects both the author's intimate familiarity with Paris and the provinces in the Belle Epoque, as well as a nonjudgmental humanism that is one of Maupassant's most attractive qualities. Included in this volume are his celebrated masterpiece "Boule de Suif," along with six other finely crafted selections: "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La

    • UPC: 425263
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Best Short Stories : A Dual-Language Book

    Five great stories in original German with new, literal English translations on facing pages: "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an
    Best Short Stories For Middle School
    Students of German language and literature will welcome this dual-language edition of five stories by Franz Kafka (1883-1924). Considered one of the greatest modern writers, Kafka wrote tales that brilliantly explore the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life.The stories in this volume are "The Metamorphosis" (thought by many critics to be Kafka's most perfect work), "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." Along with the original German texts, Stanley Applebaum has provided accurate English translations on facing pages, affording students an ideal opportunity to read some of Kafka's finest stories in

    • UPC: 424780
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Best Korean Short Stories Collection 3

    The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean
    Best Short Stories For Middle School
    The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also ideal for advanced Korean learners.대한민국 문화의 정수를 담아 1900년초부터 1900년후반까지의 거장들의 작품을 담은 모음집. 한국 문화와 언어를 공부하는 상급자 수준의 학생들에게 교재로도 적합한

    • UPC: 582197770

  • The Story That Moved This Entire Middle School to Tears

    My special tribute to Mom - don't forget to call yours today! #HappyMothersDay Thank you for this, my mom passed yesterday peaceful in her sleep on mother's day... I get it now.. Thank you for thi...
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    Hey - A Middle School Romance

    Amrita Misha and Claire Horsley's senior project. A short film about a girl, Uma, recalling her first date.

    Strain - anti-bullying short film 2013

    Directed by Yin Chang Cinematography by Chia-Yu Chen www.facebook.com/chiayuchen85 www.chiayuchen.com 323.681.4598 Los Angeles USA ---- EQUIPMENT LIST: CAMERA PACKAGES: . CANON 5Dmk3 (RAW vide...
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