Product Description: Spark your interest in writing with VIEWPOINTS. This thematically organized reader offers diverse perspectives on various themes and issues, including social concerns, media, human behavior, cultural differences, and human rights...read more

Product Description: This is a new and second edition of "Return to Rairarubia," Book 2 in the award-winning Rairarubia Tales, a fantasy-adventure series of six books for ages 9 and up.

This Second Edition of Book 3 in the award-winning series, The Rairarubia Tales, Raid on Rairarubia continues the adventures of Molly and her best friend Netty in the magical realm of Rairarubia.

Product Description: DEVELOPING READING VERSATILITY, TENTH EDITION, offers students a comprehensive skills-strategies approach to reading that takes them from basic vocabulary development all the way through critical comprehension skills. The text offers a range of readings and exercises designed to help students meet any academic challenge and maximize both their efficiency and effectiveness as readers and students...read more

Spark your students' interest in writing with VIEWPOINTS. This thematically organized reader offers diverse perspectives on various themes and issues, including social concerns, media, human behavior, cultural differences, and human rights. With opening chapters that include substantial writing and reading instruction and writing assignments both at the end of each reading and on the web, VIEWPOINTS takes students' writing and critical-thinking skills to the next level. This thoroughly revised Seventh Edition builds on the success of previous editions with thirty-five new readings, all new photographs, author biographies, and source information for every selection.

Product Description: Book 6, Richard of Rairarubia, is the concluding book in the Rairarubia Tales, a fantasy-adventure series for ages 9 and up. When Einaem, son of Mammoth, comes to power as the Drahcir of Ruulako, he kidnaps Romey and Sam's youngest daughter, Katherine...read more

Product Description: Now in paperback, THE COMPUTER'S NERD won a 2003 Book-of-the-Year Young Adult Finalist award from ForeWord Magazine. With humorous overtones, this juvenile novel deals with the problem of school bullies and the repercussions that can come from the desire for revenge

When her father starts making up stories about a girl named Romey in the magical land of Rairarubia, eleven-year-old Molly finds herself crossing over into that land and sharing in Romey's adventures.

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Product Description: THE RING FROM RAIRARUBA, Book 5 in the on-going Rairarubia Tales, once more places Molly Doogan in jeopardy. When her magic pebbles that transport her to Rairarubia disappear, Molly must find another way to return a ring that was mistakenly given to her mother in Book 4.

Product Description: Funny, irreverent, touching, and provoking, TEACHER, TEACHER, I DECLARE! is a versatile, snappy collection of stories revolving around teachers in the midst of changes great and small. Be advised: These aren't cutesy stories about dogs eating homework...read more

Product Description: Book 4 in the on-going fantasy/adventures series, The Rairarubia Tales for ages 9 and up.

Product Description: One hot summer day, thirteen-year-olds Geri Thomas and Jay Thornton try to find a place to cool off so they seek Blue Pool, a dangerous, off-limits area. The two discover adventures they never bargained for as they foolishly hop a slow freight train to take them up the river road and accidentally start a grass fire...read more

This sixth edition of Reading Beyond Words continues to provide instructional materials to help students develop reading-study skills, not only for college success but for lifetime use. As the title suggests, reading beyond words implies not only comprehending what the words are saying, butinterpreting, questioning, comparing, and evaluating what an author means. Comprehension exercises lead students from the basics of finding main ideas to realizing that some questions have no ready answers and require thought and discussion. Reading selections vary in length, difficulty, and subject matter, accommodating a variety of student skill levels and interests. Selections by Malcolm X, John Gonzales, and Richard Rodriguez provide inspiration and encouragement to students. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Adams, W. Royce

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Making the GradeAuthor: Adams, W. RoycePublisher: Cengage LearningPublication Date: 1997/01/01Number of Pages: 480Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress:

Gives students practical advice on improving their reading, writing, research, and test taking skills, and includes tips on managing one's time (view table of contents)

Lessons accompanied by practice drills help students develop increased vocabulary, visual perception, and reading comprehension