From favorite hobbies to festivals and school dances, these books highlight the ups and downs of adolescence through stories about music and dance.
These books for middle grades and young adults about art and photography include fiction, historic fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and fantasy.
A Picture of Adolescent Literacy Intervention: Becoming Better Readers, Writers, and Thinkers
Take a peek inside teacher Gretchen Schule’s eighth grade reading intervention class at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia. In this dedicated class, students are improving their literacy skills — and their desire to read.
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When Ai Lin starts school, none of her classmates can say her name. The children make several attempts, but they still cannot pronounce it properly. They ask Ai Lin if they can just call her by another name. It's not that important, right?
In the big city, everything feels new. School is new. The people are new. And the glares and stares you get for being different are new. But new can also mean new beginnings . . .
It’s the first day of school. An artist wonders if her drawings are good enough to show. An inventor is excited for show and tell. A group of competitive friends call themselves the Sport Kings (but nobody else does).