SHADOW CHILDREN ~ Understanding the Nation's #1 Problem
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| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Abused children |
| ISBN | : 9781881952138 |
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Among the Hidden
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2002-06-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0689848072 |
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows—does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?
Shadow Children
| Author | : Anthony S. Dallmann-Jones |
| Publisher | : DEStech Publications, Inc |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2011-08-17 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0978761030 |
Understanding and helping at-risk students First book to present in-depth, research-based information on at-risk students in schools todayIdentification and characteristics of at-risk students, and their impact on social and school environmentComponents and analysis of effective prevention and intervention programsSelection of Learner's Edge At-risk students present a major and growing problem in US schools today. Now in a completely updated second edition, Shadow Children: Understanding Education's #1 Problem provides an in-depth, research based examination of the at-risk problem and population by a leading authority. Included is a section of 5 chapters that provides guidance in prevention and intervention programs. The new edition is the primary text for Learner's Edge popular distance learning course "The Courage to Care: Working with At-Risk Students". How can educators identify, assess, understand and help at-risk students? This book provides in-depth answers to key questions such as: Who are today's at-risk children? How do children become at-risk? What are the characteristics of at-risk children—how do they impact the social and school environment? What are the components of effective prevention and intervention programs? The answers to these and questions provided by a leading authority will help you understand and deal with the growing issue of at-risk students in U.S. schools today.
Among the Barons
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 2011-07-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1442443057 |
In this fourth installment of a series about a society that allows only two children per family, Luke Garner is finally adjusting to his new life at Hendricks School as Lee Grant. While the Grants belong to the highest class of society called the Barons, Luke avoids snobbish affectations and befriends his classmates, who are also illegal thirds. When the real Lee Grant's younger brother arrives at the school, along with his fierce body guard, Luke worries that Smits will expose him to the government. However, Smits has come to enlist Luke's help in discovering how his older brother really died, suspecting that he was murdered. The intrigue and danger grow more acute when both boys are called "home" and Luke discovers that the Grants have plans for him that could turn out to be fatal.
Among the Free
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2007-07-24 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0689857993 |
Alexandrea has just moved to Harlem and her mother is pushing her into ballet and she has stage fright.
Among the Brave
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2010-05-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1439106703 |
In the aftermath of a crisis that threatens the safety of all shadow children -- illegal third-borns in a society that allows only two children per family -- Trey's friends expect him to take charge -- a function he doesn't want or think he can do. Trey's new role leads him to travel with Luke Garner's brother, Mark, to Population Police headquarters. There he impersonates an officer to try to rescue Luke, who has been taken prisoner. The nonstop adventure puts all three boys in danger and risks exposing the underground movement to help all shadow children. In this, the fifth book in the Shadow Children series, Margaret Peterson Haddix returns to the futuristic setting and compelling characters she created in Among the Hidden. With an adrenaline-fueled plot and surprising twists, Haddix has again crafted a story that is suspenseful until the last page.
Ending the Shame
| Author | : Barbara Oehlberg |
| Publisher | : Dorrance Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2012-06-26 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1434989860 |
Recognizing the dilemma of public education's failure to resolve the achievement gap and drop out crisis for disadvantaged students, Barbara has realized teachers alone cannot resolve this dilemma. Policy makers must commit to taking a leadership role in forging school reform. This publication outlines why and how our nation can address these challenges by transforming public education into a trauma-informed system that meets the learning needs of stressed and anxious students. Using current neuroscience is the basis for an educational reform that integrates trauma knowledge and brain development into building school climate protocols and teaching techniques that assures emotional security and self-regulation skills are guaranteed for all students. Relationships become the primal issue for building effective learning environments. This unique book includes the format, guidelines, classroom activities, and the description of a successful program that constitute a trauma-informed education system and closes with advocacy recommendations. -- Back cover.
Among the Impostors
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2001-12-21 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0689848080 |
Danger continues to loom over Luke now that he's out of hiding in the second book in bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children series. Luke Garner is an illegal third child. All his life has been spent in hiding. Now, for the first time, Luke is living among others. He has assumed a deceased boy's identity and is attending Hendricks School for Boys, a windowless building with cruel classmates and oblivious teachers. Luke knows he has to blend in, but he lives in constant fear that his behavior will betray him. Then one day Luke discovers a door to the outside. He knows that beyond the walls of Hendricks lie the secrets he is desperate to uncover. What he doesn't know is whom he can trust -- and where the answers to his questions may lead him...
