Middle School English

Ann Gadd brings the Enneagram's lost childhood messages to tweens. Help your tweens understand themselves. Growing up can be challenging. As parents we can help by using the wisdom of the Enneagram. Lost Messages is a fun, engaging, illustrated adventure with clear explanations of each message your child needs to hear. Each mysterious message reveals the words the 9-types need to hear. The book is not a guide to the Enneagram. Rather, it uses the story to accessibly uncover messages to bring about greater self-awareness and deeper understanding between the types.

WHAT IF YOU COULD BE A DOCTOR AT FOURTEEN YEARS OLD? Connor Hansen officially became a doctor two days ago--along with all of his friends. They are child prodigies who were selected at just three years old to undergo intensive medical training as part of a groundbreaking new experiment called Kid Docs. While navigating his first days as an emergency room doctor, fourteen-year-old Connor will experience his first pangs of love (toward a fifteen-year-old obstetrician, Cassie), deal with his explosive older brother (a sixteen-year-old heart surgeon), and try to figure out why his friendship ...

Eleven-year-old Ashley Woods is excited to go to middle school, where she believes all of her dreams will come true. When she gets there, though, she immediately sees a problem: At lunchtime, kids only sit with other kids of the same race! To make matters worse, Ashley's cousin, who she doesn't like, is coming to live with her. Ashley is willing to ignore these problems at first so that she can make it through the school year. However, when things get worse, she realizes that change is necessary. Will Ashley find the courage to challenge the people around her? Or better yet- will Ashley ...

In the world of sports, a coach plays a pivotal role in shaping young athletes into champions. This is especially true for middle school basketball coaches, whose influence extends far beyond the court. In this subchapter, we will delve into the crucial role of a middle school basketball coach and how they can effectively guide and shape young athletes. The primary responsibility of a middle school basketball coach is to develop fundamental basketball skills and foster a love for the game. However, their impact goes beyond teaching the X's and O's. Coaches serve as mentors, role models, and...

It’s the first day of middle school and anxiety is running high. A fake cough isn’t going to get Marlene out of this one…and even if it did, how will she cope with the next 179 days of the school year? Elementary school for Marlene Aneth Strake had always been a dream. She was popular, funny, and smart, in a private school with just 23 students. As she gets ready for her first day at a new middle school, however, she is both pessimistic and confused by the ugly rat mascot attached to her uglier red school uniform. It isn’t enough that Mrs. Strudel is a scatterbrain who forgets many ...

All Aboard The Lindbergh Line has its fair share of ups and downs—or more accurately take offs and landings. It’s the story of a young girl’s travels aboard Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT, for short). TAT was the first commercial airline to carry passengers across the United States in 48 hours—by plane and train. TAT began its innovative cross-country transportation service in 1929 under the direction of Charles Lindbergh, who two years earlier made an historic flight from New York to Paris. TAT carried passengers between New York and California in airplanes by day and in ...

Sue “Shoefly” McKinley isn’t your average middle schooler. Sure, she’s got friends, a locker full of mismatched socks, and a personality that practically kicks down doors—but she also happens to be the reigning queen of stomp. Known for her no-nonsense attitude and lightning-fast right hook (of the footwear variety), Sue lives by one rule: never let ‘em see your laces untied. From schoolwide mysteries and underground PTA shoe cults to flying high-tops and runaway fashion shows, Shoefly Sueis the wild, witty, and wonderfully weird adventure of a girl who believes in justice... ...

IDEAL FOR BEGINNERS! AI for Teachers is a book for the modern teacher who wants to know about what AI is, how it works, and ways to apply it in every aspect of our profession. Written by a teacher, for teachers, this book is a practical guide showing you which AI systems to use and how to use them. In this book, you will learn how to: Use AI systems like ChatGPT, Bing, adaptive learning apps and many others to enhance your planning, materials, assessment and classroom activities. Introduce AI systems to your students in a safe and ethical way. Avoid the risks and pitfalls of AI and manage ...

Welcome to Crayton Middle School—where the vending machines eat your change, the janitor closet leads to another dimension, and one kid’s sketchbook might be the only thing standing between the school and total reality-erasure. Dexter “Doodle” Dalton isn’t your average sixth grader. Armed with a magical pencil that brings his drawings to life—and an attitude somewhere between sarcastic and snack-obsessed—Dexter finds himself at the center of a mystery no one else even realizes is happening. When Ms. Pine, the school’s quirky art teacher, vanishes in the middle of class, the ...

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?

Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village's trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of middle school food chain – Rafe is finally going to be popular!

Middle school is hard. Your bodies are changing, your friends are changing, classes are harder, and tough things happen. This “support group in a book” is specifically geared to you. Read stories written by kids just like you, about their middle school years, and: true friends and new friends; mean girls... and boys!; embarrassing moments; bully payback; crushes and young love; being happy with yourself; tough times; family issues; doing what’s right and lots more!

After a mostly successful stint at Hills Village Middle School, Rafe is excited to visit the incredible city of London with his class. Sightseeing around a foreign country sounds like a blast - until Rafe finds out his roommate will be none other than Miller the Killer, bully extraordinaire! Then Rafe is forced to work on a class project side by side with his crush, Jeanne Galletta, and her too-perfect boyfriend, which might be even more torturous than rooming with Miller.

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 ...

We all struggle sometimes. Even those of us who are known for our valor. When a down-and-out young veteran winds up homeless for the holidays, he takes the only job that he can find, dressing up as a mall Santa. When a murder happens at the mall, our hero finds himself in a situation that's tighter than a chimney. A single mom Good Samaritan who reaches out to help begins to wonder about the wisdom of her decision, when he is accused of murder. Will he lose everything that he’s fought so hard to gain, or will the magic of Christmas come to his aid in time?

Eleven-year-old Tom was bit by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie right before the first day of middle school. It was a weird and crazy day. And he didn't even get excused from sixth grade! Now he's being hunted down by the werewolf that bit him. Should Tom join a wolf pack? On the one hand, he could give up school and homework forever. (He really doesn't want to do his history report.) On the other hand, he'd miss his band, his friends, and Annie, his maybe-possibly-someday girlfriend. He might even miss his big sister, Emma.

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 ...

It's a dog-eat-dog world, and Rafe Khatchadorian is just trying to live in it. Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable - until Rafe spots his grandmother standing in the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. To help earn some money for the family, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan - a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighbourhood empire. He'll even have extra cash to buy his own WormHole Deluxe Multi-Platform GameBox!

When Rafe discovers that he's inherited a fortune, it's not all good news. Sure, he gets an all-expenses-paid trip to glamorous Beverly Hills...but he also has to go to school while he's in California. Blergh. And not just any school - St. Benedict's, the snobbiest of snobby establishments. You can bet your bottom dollar that Rafe doesn't exactly fit in. Toss in a ramshackle house Rafe's family has to live in before they can inherit the money and a group of bullies who make Miller the Killer look downright friendly, and this trip might be more trash than treasure.

When Alex finds out he is Unwanted, he expects to die. That is the way of the people of Quill: Each year all the 13-year-olds are labeled as Wanted, Necessary, or Unwanted. Wanteds get more schooling and train to join the army. Necessaries keep the farms running. Unwanteds are set for elimination. It’s hard for Alex to leave behind his twin, Aaron, a Wanted, but he makes peace with his fate - until he discovers that instead of a “death farm”, what awaits him is a magical place called Artime.