 | See No Evil (Orca Currents) by Diane Young
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.01 Interest Level: Ages 10+, Reading Level: 2.2
Great for 10-12 year-olds breaking through dyslexia.
See the Teacher's Guide at
http://orca.powerwebbook.com/client/PDFs/TeachersGuides/Currents/SeeNoEvilTG.pdf
Similar Orca Currents titles are available through Amazon and viewed at the publisher http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/Orca_Currents_Info.cfm
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 | Battle of the Bands (Orca Soundings) by K. L. Denman
Buy used from: $9.45 Interest Level: Ages 12+, Reading Level: 2.7
For 12-16 overcoming profound dyslexia.
Age-appropriate content when compared with basal readers.
Teacher's Guide at
http://orca.powerwebbook.com/client/PDFs/TeachersGuides/Orca%20Soundings/BattleTG.pdf
Orca Currents available through Amazon at http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/Orca_Currents_Info.cfm
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 | The History of Pirates: From Privateers to Outlaw (Edge Books) by Lassieur
Buy new: $18.67 / Used from: $0.01 This is a representative of the Hi/Lo Titles from Edge books / Capstone Press. Capstone, a rather expensive publisher, offers a wide vareity of hi/lo materials. Lexiles for the Edge books tend to be too high for recovery use, but support a program of intervention leading to competency with youth and adult material.
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 | The U.S. Army Special Operations (The U.S. Armed Forces) by Angie Peterson Kaelberer
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $0.01 This book represents hi/lo non-fiction from Capstone's Blazer series. With a grade 1-2 reading level and interest levels through grade 9, it's suitable for reading recovery and early use with students overcoming dyslexia.
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 | The Prank by K. E. Calder
Buy used from: $3.96 This title is representative of an emergent reading leveled hi/lo book from Tea Leaf Press www.tealeafpress.com
It is geared for older students reading at a 3rd grade level.
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 | Tom Sawyer (Globe's Adapted Classics) by Mark Twain
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.27 What this version of Tom Sawyer lacks in fidelity to Twain's literature, it more than makes up for in accessibility! All of Globe's Adapted Classics bring the reading levels of beloved classical literature into the realm of achievable reading. Suitable for substitute books for integrated learning.
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 | The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.25 Fourth grade reading level with up to an eighth grade interest level.
When his older sister disappears, twelve-year old Buddy Stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenth century pirate ship captained by a distant relative.
I found this title on http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/highlow.html
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 | Million Dollar Shot, The (new cover) by Dan Gutman
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.45 Reading level: 4
Interest level: 4-8
Eleven-year old Eddie might win a million dollars sinking a free-throw at the NBA finals.
I found this title on http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/highlow.html
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 | Virtual War: The Virtual War Chronologs--Book 1 (Virtual War Chronologs, Book 1) by Gloria Skurzynski
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a more advanced reader at a roughly grade 5 reading level. Expect to use this title with struggling readers aged 13 and older.
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 | Code Breakers (Keystone Books) by Powell
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $28.98 Interest Level: Ages 10 to 15
Reading Level: Grade 2-3
(ATOS:2.3, Lexile:380L)
A fun book that represents the Keystone Books series from Capstone Press.
See more at
http://www.capstonepress.com/aspx/pDetail.aspx?EntityGUID=a68f7d65-2d34-4dcc-b77b-b0186ce30449
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 | Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Interest level: 10-Adult
Reading Levels: ATOS:3.6, F&P:U
Summary: A student's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in homeroom becomes a national issue.
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 | Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.59 A very easy read, content suitable for ages 13+. Not for young readers!
ATOS grade level 3.2
Recounts a Polish Jew's struggle to survive the Nazi Holocaust. Follows the author's troubled relationship with his father, and the effects of war on a family.
Pulitzer Prize Special Award, 1992.
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 | Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a great book for children emerging from a reading delay. The real-life content is engaging through adults and the reading level is not too chalenging.
ATOS: 4.9
Lexile: 760
Fountas & Pinnell: J
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 | Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Interest Level: 8-12
Reading Level: 3.5 (ATOS), 600 Lexile
A wonderful story about Moose, a great kid who calls Alcatraz island home. This story is historically based on real-life accounts of the guards' and wardens' families who lived on Alcatraz.
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