Best High School Stories - April 2024

The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. Now a major motion picture from Disney, starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half. Wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250044235
• ASIN: 1250044235
• ISBN: 1250044235
• Brand: Tougias Michael J
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

Ever After High: Truth or Hair (A School Story)

The fifth hexciting book in Suzanne Selfors' Ever After High: A School Story series. Holly and Poppy O'Hair are twins, but it's always been easy to tell these sisters apart. Because she is destined to be the next Rapunzel, Holly has always had the longest locks at Ever After High, while Poppy, whose fairytale destiny is up in the air, wears her hair short to express her individuality. But when Poppy's hair begins growing longer and longer, while Holly's hair gets shorter and shorter, it seems as if the sisters might have to reveal the secret they've been keeping about their destinies. Can they... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316401420
• ASIN: 0316401420
• ISBN: 9780316401425
• Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Sideways Stories from Wayside School!Accidentally built sideways and standing thirty stories high (the builder said he was very sorry for the mistake), Wayside School has some of the wackiest classes in town, especially on the thirtieth floor. That’s where you’ll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president, ever; and Sammy, the new kid—he’s a real rat. More than nine millions readers ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0380698714
• ASIN: 0380698714
• ISBN: 0064698718
• Brand: HarperTrophy
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Five Days Five Kisses

What could be more awkward than getting dumped at graduation....kissing five strangers to get over it! Nikola Jensen hates endings, like when her parents told her they were splitting up, or when she was forced to leave her first love and idyllic lake home to move to the barren desert of Arizona. So, two years later when her high school boyfriend Sam, publicly breaks her heart, Nikola can’t seem to let go. To help her move on Nikola’s best friends, Liberty and Maya create the absurd Five Days, Five Kisses plan. All she has to do is kiss a new guy every day for five days and Sam will be a di... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079BFQ22M
• ASIN: B079BFQ22M

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal).If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455570249
• ASIN: 1455570249
• ISBN: 1455570249
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Mrs. Joyce Gives the Best High-Fives: Introducing the School Counselor

Teachers Pay Teachers offers this title in read aloud book video; search Counseling with HEART Mrs. Joyce Gives the Best High-FivesGrades K-6, Softcover, 32 pagesThere are activity pages available for this title at CounselingwithHEART.comMrs. Joyce, the school counselor at Emerson Elementary, uses high-fives to connect with her students. When Raymond moves to town he's not sure what to think of Mrs. Joyce. He enters her office nervous and full of questions, but it doesn't take long for him to trust the caring counselor. By learning exactly what a school counselor does, Raymond finds he has not... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0615907784
• ASIN: 0615907784
• ISBN: 0615907784
• Manufacturer: Counseling with HEART

Ouran High School Host Club Box Set (Vol. 1-18)

The complete best-selling series, now in a value-priced box setReads R to L (Japanese style) for teen audiences. In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids’ school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school’s swankiest, all-male club—as a boy! There she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else…

• ASIN: 1421550784
• ASIN: 1421550784
• ISBN: 1421550784
• Brand: VIZ Media LLC
• Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

• ASIN: B0042FZVOY
• ASIN: B0042FZVOY
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

Brian Helsing: The World's Unlikeliest Vampire Hunter: Mission #1: Just Try Not To Die

When Helsing XII, the latest in the long and illustrious line of brave demon-hunters dies in combat, no-one would have expected his ring of power to be handed down to an idiot.Least of all said idiot; Brian Trelawney, the most hapless car salesman in the whole of Cornwall.With no redeeming features bar his towering height, Brian finds himself thrust into a strange and often terrifying world of vampires, banshees and all other Things That Go Bump In The Night. Trained, after a fashion, by the eccentric Masters, and equipped with strange weapons, Brian is sent into battle as the unwitting savior... [Read More]

• ASIN: B077GKV4H9
• ASIN: B077GKV4H9

Teaching With 50 Great Short Stories: Vocabulary, Comprehension Tests, & Writing Activities

Reproducible pages of excerpts, exercises, and writing projects Emphasizes writing and talking about literature through reading, role playing, cooperative learning, and other activities Uses specific books, stories, poems, and plays to stimulate students' own writing

• ASIN: 0825122910
• ASIN: 0825122910
• ISBN: 0825122910
• Brand: Brand: J Weston Walch
• Manufacturer: J Weston Walch

Avengers: Heroes Welcome #1

The Avengers and Nova by the all-star team of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Brooks! What is a hero? When Sam Alexander, a.k.a. Nova, has a bout of doubt on how to best use his newfound powers, he gets advice from the experts: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Featuring Captain America, Thor, the Wasp, Luke Cage, She-Hulk and Iron Man!

• ASIN: B00ZNZFYYO
• ASIN: B00ZNZFYYO
• Manufacturer: Marvel

Pride and Prejudice

In this historic romance, young Elizabeth Bennet strives for love, independence and honesty in the vapid high society of 19th century England.

• ASIN: B008476HBM
• ASIN: B008476HBM

Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond

Winner of an iParenting Media Award! This picture book appeals to the visual strengths of students on the autism spectrum, with color photos of students demonstrating various social skills in the correct (and sometimes incorrect) way. The skills depicted are meant to be read, role-played, corrected when necessary, role-played some more and, finally, to be practiced by the student in real-life social situations. “Thought bubbles” show what people are thinking during these interactions (not always what you hoped!). Practical, engaging, and down-to-earth, this is a valuable tool to help te... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1932565353
• UPC: 001932565353
• ASIN: 1932565353
• ISBN: 1932565353
• Brand: Future Horizons
• Manufacturer: Future Horizons

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster’s classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062301675
• ASIN: 0062301675
• ISBN: 9780062301673
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Perennial

What Do You Do With an Idea? - New York Times best seller

A New York Times Best Seller and award-winning book, What Do You Do With an Idea? is for anyone who's ever had a big idea.This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next. Because your idea isn't going anywhere. In fact, it's ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1938298071
• UPC: 749190049504
• ASIN: 1938298071
• ISBN: 1938298071
• Brand: APG Sales & Distribution
• Size: 1
• Manufacturer: Compendium Inc

The Best Story Wins : How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond

Provides fresh perspectives on the principles of Pixar-style storytelling, adapted by one of the studio's top creatives to meet the needs of entrepreneurs, marketers, and business-minded storytellers of all

• UPC: 513008215

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends : Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and World War II soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," in this work that is a tribute to the lasting bond forged

• UPC: 10178445
• Rating: 4.0

Best Short Stories : A Dual-Language Book

In this collection of seven of his most popular stories each tale reflects both the author's intimate familiarity with Paris and the provinces in the Belle Epoque, as well as a nonjudgmental humanism that is

• UPC: 425263
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Place on Earth : Stories

Introducing a new voice in international fiction, an award-winning collection of stories follows characters at the crossroads of geography and faith who are all trying to find someone to believe

• UPC: 46768647
• Rating: 4.0

Best Short Stories : A Dual-Language Book

Five great stories in original German with new, literal English translations on facing pages: "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an

• UPC: 424780
• Rating: 5.0

The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement : Write Your Best Story. Secure Your Interview.

The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement is a comprehensive guide to help students craft their story and write the best medical school personal statement for

• UPC: 812158748

Mrs. Joyce Gives the Best High-Fives : Introducing the School Counselor

Teachers Pay Teachers offers this title in read aloud book video; search Counseling with HEART Mrs. Joyce Gives the Best High-Fives Grades K-6, Softcover, 32 pagesThere are activity pages available for this title at CounselingwithHEART.comMrs.

• UPC: 53344848

Ten of the Best: School Stories with a Difference

Ten prize-winning authors each with a brand new story based on their own schooldays. Bernard Ashley, Malorie Blackman, Berlie Doherty, Paul Jennings, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Jenny Nimmo, Michael Rosen, Jeremy Strong and Robert

• UPC: 53324032

Ten of the Best: School Stories with a Difference - eBook

Ten prize-winning authors each with a brand new story based on their own schooldays. Bernard Ashley, Malorie Blackman, Berlie Doherty, Paul Jennings, Margaret Mahy, Michael Morpurgo, Jenny Nimmo, Michael Rosen, Jeremy Strong and Robert Swindells.

• UPC: 250042142

I Have the Right To : A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

"In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. Chessy bravely

• UPC: 598007990

Best Short Stories : Advanced High School Level, Hardcover, Brand New, Free s...

• UPC: 383308812618
• Category: Language Courses
• Price: 81 USD

Best Short Stories Advanced Level by Raymond Harris (1990) 2nd A HB 190710

• UPC: 303219709156
• Category: School Textbooks & Study Guides
• Price: 9 USD

The Best Of James Herriot: Favorite Stories of One of the ...(1983, Hardcover)

• UPC: 312588890367
• Category: School Textbooks & Study Guides
• Price: 13 USD

Best Short Stories : Advanced High School Level, Hardcover, Like New Used, Fr...

• UPC: 352871576472
• Category: Language Courses
• Price: 74 USD