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English
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Lulu prefers playing basketball to playing with dolls. So when the boys won't let her join their school-yard team, she decides to host a Basket Ball-where ball gowns are traded in for sequined basketball jerseys and high-top heels! Girls travel from all over the world to attend the ball, shooting hoops, showing off their skills, and forming a league of their own.
Bestselling and award-winning author Esmé Raji Codell has crafted an action-packed,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Esm Raji Codell has come to teach, and she's not going to let incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, or her own insecurities get in the way. As she puts it, she has Thirty-one children. Thirty-one chances. Thirty-one futures, our futures. Everything they become, I also become. Codell's portrait of an inner-city elementary school is funny, poignant, and inspiring. Her struggle to maintain individuality in the face of bureaucracy...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Paris learns some lessons about dealing with bullies of all kinds as she wonders how to stop a classmate from beating up her brother at school and as she learns about the Holocaust from her piano teacher, Mrs. Rosen.
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Language
English
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A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, “Educating Esmé” is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé, as she prefers to be called, does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into...