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Books we love to teach
(+ a few resources)

Texts We Love in Secondary Classrooms

Historical Fiction, Memoirs, and Nonfiction novels:

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  • Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore

  • Educated by Tara Westover

  • Night by Elie Wiesel

  • A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

  • Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Realistic Fiction​
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  • Linked by Gordan Korman

  • Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

  • Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Fantasy​
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  • Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Texts We Love in Elementary Classrooms

Historical Fiction, Memoirs, and Nonfiction

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  • Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

  • Number the Stars

  • Farewell to Manzanar

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