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The Secrets of Lily Graves
Gr 9 Up—Lily Graves is aptly named, living as she does in her mother's funeral parlor and working with her Aunt Boo to prepare bodies for burial...
Sea Hearts
Gr 9 Up—From her first crawling moments, Misskaella Prout is drawn to the seals that lurch ashore on the wave-dashed coast of Rollrock Island...
Bat City USA
Gr 7 Up—When millions of Mexican free-tail bats colonized the underside of a bridge in Austin, Texas, in the early 1980s, the initial reaction from residents was to evict the "invaders" by using everything from loud noise to cyanide gas...
Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
Gr 9 Up—The tone is set from the opening sequence, as a woman in a wheelchair in scuba diving gear navigates gently through an underwater reef, her hair and the air bubbles trailing hypnotically upward...
Living for 32
Gr 9 Up—The "32" referenced in the title are those who were killed by a gunman at Virginia Tech in 2007, and the documentary focuses on Colin Goddard, a sincere and well-spoken young man who was shot there four times...
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Gr 8 Up—Mary Shelley Black's very name sets an eerie tone, bringing to mind menacing monsters and the power of lightning...
A Stranger Thing
Gr 9 Up—In the not-too-distant future, on an Earth where alien Almiri have now revealed themselves, 16-year-old Elvie Nara has just given birth to a half-alien baby...
Manifest Destiny & the New Nation (1803–1859)
Gr 9 Up—This set uses detailed analysis of primary sources to explore seven broad topics concerning the newly independent United States: "Antebellum Law and Politics," "Manifest Destiny," "The Spirit of Reform," "African American Protest Literature," "The New American Identity," "Religious Expansion," and "Native American Land and Autonomy...
Hot Coffee: Is Justice Being Served?
Gr 9 Up—The case of the lady burned by McDonald's coffee is often held up as a textbook example of a frivolous lawsuit...
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