Karen's Bully (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #31)

Karen's Bully (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #31)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 133805631X

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Beat it, Bobby!There is a big old bully in Karen’s class, and his name is Bobby Gianelli. Bobby the bully calls Karen names. He ruins Karen’s recess. Bobby is just awful. And now the bully is moving to Karen’s neighborhood. Rats. It won’t be safe to play with Bobby around. Unles Karn declares war on the bully!

Karen's Secret (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #33)

Karen's Secret (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #33)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338056387

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Psssst!Karen is a loudmouth. That is no secret. But Karen loves to hear secrets. So Natalie tells her a very important one. It’s a secret that Karen is not supposed to tell anyone. But she does. And when Natalie finds out that Karen blabbered her secret, she is mad. Everyone else in Ms. Colman’s class is mad, too. Now none of Karen’s friends will tell her a secret. They won’t even talk to her!

A Guide for Using Crash in the Classroom

A Guide for Using Crash in the Classroom
Author: Teacher Created Resources
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2004-06-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743931637

Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. At the Intermediate and Challenging levels, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel are also included.

Karen's Tea Party (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #28)

Karen's Tea Party (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #28)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338056220

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Please pass the pisgetti!Karen and David Michael have the worst manners ever. Karen burps at the dinner table. And david Michael makes rude noises with his armpit. Then Karen’s daddy sends them to charm school. Karen loves dressing up and learning how to dance. But David Michael and the rest of the boys are so rude. So Karen decides to throw a tea party for girls only. She’s going to teach those boys a lesson.

Karen's School Picture (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #5)

Karen's School Picture (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #5)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2016-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338044516

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Say Cheese!Karen has to get glasses -- two pairs One pair for reading and one for all the time. Karen does not want glasses. Her school pictures are going to be taken soon! But Karen has to...so she picks out some pretty pink and blue ones. Karen thinks she looks very grown-up. Then Yicky Ricky at school calls her Four-eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. But Karen is not a wimp! Glasses or no glasses -- that Ricky is going to get it!

Karen's School Mystery (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #57)

Karen's School Mystery (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #57)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 133805726X

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! The spiesKaren and Addie are elected to the safety patrol. Karen is so proud to wear her badge and keep the halls safe. But uh-oh. Things are being stolen all over the school. Can Karen and Addie catch the thieves?

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
Author: Wai Chim
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338656120

An authentic novel about growing up in an Asian immigrant family with a mother who is suffering from a debilitating mental illness. Anna Chiu has her hands full. When she's not looking after her brother and sister or helping out at her father's restaurant, she's taking care of her mother, whose debilitating mental illness keeps her in bed most days. Her father's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows that things aren't right at home, she's starting to feel like she could be a normal teen.But when her mother finally gets out of bed, things go from bad to worse. And as her mother's condition worsens, Anna and her family question everything they understand about themselves and each other.The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling is a heart-wrenching, true-to-life exploration through the often neglected crevices of culture, mental illness, and family. Its strong themes are balanced by a beautiful romance making it a feel-good, yet important read.