Middle School English

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. Author Julie Bogart distills decades of experience - homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world - to teach parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school.

Hey, what happened to my dog? Did you eat it? Where'd it go? And what's with all that juicy stuff around your lips? Okay, pal, we better talk this out. You can read the rest of the story to find out what happens. Approximately 1,100 words and 10 pictures.

Get ready for a hilarious, fart-filled adventure with Ford Foghorn in *The Fart Activated Monster: The Hunt For Blue Blob. This action-packed series will leave young readers laughing out loud and begging for more. Ford Foghorn is still getting used to his new life as a Fart Activated Monster. During a camping trip with the Boy Scouts on Mount Methane, he accidentally eats a bowl of chili beans, sending his fart gas into overdrive. When Ford transforms into his blue monster form, his friends mistake him for the legendary Blue Blob Monster. As the Scouts turn into a lynch mob, Ford must find ...

GIRL GANG – Book 15: Trust No One More drama, more secrets, and more suspense as the best-selling Girl Gang series continues! Just as the girls think things are settling down, anonymous notes begin to appear—creepy, threatening messages designed to stir up doubt, jealousy, and fear. Alexa is still haunted by the car accident, Ali’s confidence is falling apart, and Casey fears Jake is slipping away. Meanwhile, Meg becomes the main suspect behind the notes unless, of course, it’s Brooklyn. The notes are so mysterious that no one is completely sure. And then…a shocking discovery ...

What if you lived in a house full of MONSTERS? The kids at school call him "Monster". Twelve-year-old Mo is the school bully - and darn proud of it. That's before he finds himself homeless and forced to move to the only place available: a building called Monster Manor. At first it's all cool. Giant apartment, creepy forest scenery, nice girl across the street. Then Mo meets the tenants and the shock hits harder than a drunken landlord: real monsters, everyone. Cyclops, dragon, fairies, werewolf - and a Minotaur maniac with a taste for tormenting Mo. Before you can spit, Mo goes from bully ...

Angela Elwell Hunt has worked with middle schoolers for 20 years, but it's her parenting experience that qualifies her as an expert on tweens. With humor and compassion she offers support to parents of children who are at that awkward stage between childhood and adolescence. Hunt does a thorough job of describing the problems, circumstances, and situations affecting children of middle school age--everything from academics to zits. Hunt maints that tweens need special attention because today's children are growing up faster than yesterday's. Parents need to give firm guidance to counteract ...

Kenny Wright is a kid with a secret identity. In his mind he's Stainlezz Steel, superpowered defender of the weak. In reality he's a chess club devotee known as a grandma's boy, a label that makes him an easy target for bullies. Kenny wants to bring a little more Steel to the real world, but the question is: Can he recognize his own true strength before peer pressure forces him to make the worst choice of his life?

If you were to look up the word “mean” in the dictionary, you may in fact find Morgan Montgomery’s picture right beside the definition...and the picture would be fabulous. That is exactly the reason Olivia does not want Morgan knowing that she just got braces. Unfortunately, Morgan does find out and much name calling and "Morgan meanness" follows. When a science lab experiment goes wrong, Morgan finds herself in the unusual position of being on the wrong side of popularity, which causes Olivia to discover just how complicated friendships and mean girls can be.

Greg had started looking around the cafeteria, and everywhere he looked, he saw quarters. He saw kids trading quarters for ice-cream sandwiches and cupcakes and cookies at the dessert table. There were quarters all over the place, buckets of them. At that moment, Greg’s view of school changed completely and forever. School had suddenly become the most interesting place on the planet. Because young Greg Kenton had decided that school would be an excellent place to make his fortune.

Meet Hope Roberts. She's 11 years old, and she wants to be an astrophysicist. She loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comicbooks, and her two rescue dogs. Hope believes it's always a good day to champion a cause, defend an underdog, and save the future. And most of all, she believes in dreaming big. That's why she's enrolled in all of the advanced classes at her new middle school. She's smart and confident in her abilities. But though Hope seems super strong on the outside, there's another side of her, too. She's just a regular girl trying to survive middle school.

Heidi is settling in at Broomsfield Academy. She and Melanie are trying to get along and Heidi is getting used to her classes, all her new friends, and her very first crush, Hunter! The problem is: Hunter is really popular. How will Heidi get him to notice her? Her friends tell her to just be herself, but that sounds so boring! After all, Heidi is a witch-in-training. She knows she can find the perfect love spell to make Hunter fall in love with her. What could possibly go wrong?

In this follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller I Funny, middle schooler Jamie Grimm has big dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world—and he won't let the fact that he's wheelchair-bound stand in his way. After winning the New York state finals in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest, Jamie's off to Boston to compete in the national semi-finals.

Looking for imaginative short stories on topics like ‘Meeting With An Alien’, ‘A Robbery On A Running Train’, ‘Imagine If You Had Wings’? Then do not look any further! Our short stories are quick and easy to read, write and relate. The captivating stories are sure to enthrall and fascinate readers of all age groups. The short stories which are available in eBook format will not only improve the imagination of young readers but may also fetch good marks in their examinations. Simplicity in English language has been maintained in the short stories which makes it easy for kids to ...

Transform your life with this essential guide and empathetic companion. It makes your parenting journey easy and enjoyable while enabling your tween to thrive in middle school and life.

She grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. Discover Malala's story through this powerful narrative telling, and come to see how one brave girl named Malala changed the world.

Lookout High School Here We Come!: My Years In Middle School This is Book No. 6, entitled Lookout High School Here We Come!, in the six-part series My Years in Middle School. Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends, Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm, as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Jane's nemesis, Lois Talker, and more. Other titles in this series include: Book #1: The Summer Before Book #2: Is This Love? Book #3: Scanner In My Neighborhood Book #4: Summertime Memories Book #5: Girl's RevengeFollowing is an excerpt from Book #6: ...

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! People think I'm crazy for teaching middle schoolers.

Jamie Grimm has finally accomplished his dream of proving himself the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, and the sky's the limit from there. Enter a couple of TV executives with a huge plan for Jamie: a new show about Jamie and his oddball friends! But when Jamie struggles to learn the acting ropes, will it be an early curtain call for the biggest show of the decade?

Summertime Memories: My Years In Middle School This is Book No. 4, entitled Summertime Memories, in the six-part series My Years in Middle School. Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends, Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm, as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Jane's nemesis, Lois Talker, and more. Other titles in this series include: Book #1: The Summer Before Book #2: Is This Love? Book #3: Scanner In My Neighborhood Book #5: Girl's Revenge Book #6: Lookout High School, Here We Come!Following is an excerpt from Book #4, Summertime ...

The Summer Before: My Years In Middle School This is Book No. 1 entitled The Summer Before in the 6 part series My Years In Middle School. Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Janes' nemesis Lois Talker and more. Other titles in this series include: Book #2: Is This Love? Book #3: Scanner In My Neighborhood Book #4: Summertime Memories Book #5: Girl's Revenge Book #6: Lookout High School, Here We Come!Following is an excerpt from Book #1 The Summer Before. "...