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THE DISTANCE

BETWEEN US

by Reyna Grande

Fiercely honest and deeply moving, Reyna Grande’s memoir 'The Distance Between Us' captures the grit of surviving childhood separation in Mexico and the complex battle to reclaim family, identity, and hope after crossing into America .
CLASSIC NOVELS

CAT'S CRADLE

by Kurt Vonnegut

"Madness on a tiny Caribbean island governed by a banned, taboo religion and a secret compound that can freeze the oceans solid in seconds. Packed with eccentric billionaires, sham messiahs, and razor-sharp satire, this bite-sized masterpiece asks the ultimate question: is the world doomed by humanity's own stubborn clumsiness?
NOVELS

FIELD GUIDE TO THE

NORTH AMERICAN TEEN

by Ben Philippe

Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. As a Black French Canadian transplanted to Austin, Texas, he expects the worst from his new high school UNTIL . . .
SHORT NOVELS / NOVELLAS

TUCK EVERLASTING

by Natalie Babbit

The story is about a family who finds the fountain of youth and a young girl who stumbles upon them and her choice of whether to live forever or not - and leave all that she loves behind.

SHORT STORIES

SALT
Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Sherman Alexie

“I wanted to ask him how to tell the difference between strange and typical ducks. But he was a humorless white man with power, and I was a reservation Indian boy intern. I was to be admired for my ethnic tenacity but barely tolerated because of my callow youth.”
FEATURED SONG


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Where Has Our Love Gone
The Supremes
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★ SONGS ARCHIVE
Listen, Read, & Sing Along
★ SHERLOCK HOLMES
Novels and Short Stories
'If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.' —Mark Twain
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson
Practice Using Articles
'a' - 'an' - 'the'
English Idioms, Sayings & Slang
Reading Actvities and Test Preparation (PET)
Sherlock Holmes Collection: Novels and Short Stories
Radio Audio Dramas
Listen & Read Archive
Companions


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' We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us,
not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.'  —Maurice Maeterlinck

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