by Laura Kizior | Dec 7, 2016 | Books, Middle School Literature
Polly Plummer and Digory Kirke meet over a garden wall in a quiet neighborhood of London. Their friendship blossoms over the cold, wet summer that Digory lives with his aunt and uncle because of his mother’s ill health. Both children try to keep out of the way of...
by Laura Kizior | Dec 7, 2016 | Books, Middle School Literature
During World War II, the four Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—are sent to live in the large mansion of Professor Kirke. During a game of hide and seek, Lucy steps into an old wardrobe and finds herself in a magical land called Narnia where animals...
by CLSP Team | Dec 1, 2016 | Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, Middle School Literature
Charlie Bucket lives with his father, mother, and four bedridden grandparents in the same city as Willie Wonka’s magnificent chocolate factory. The family is so poor that they eat mostly cabbage. Charlie only gets one chocolate bar a year—for his birthday. This is a...
by CLSP Team | Sep 25, 2016 | Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, Middle School Literature
When their father leaves to fight during World War II, Joan, Patsy, Peter, Angela, and Timmy Mitchell try to find new ways of helping the war effort in order to bring their father back home safely. Life without Daddy is difficult and chaotic, but the Mitchells do what...
by CLSP Team | Sep 22, 2016 | Best High School Blog Resources, Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, High School Literature, Middle School Literature
Jonas lives in an almost perfect society where every citizen is a productive, contributing member. As Jonas awaits his Ceremony of Twelve, where he will be given an assignment in the community, he is apprehensive. To his surprise, Jonas is selected as The Receiver of...
by CLSP Team | Jul 9, 2016 | Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, Elementary School Reading, Middle School Literature
Ella, Sarah, Henny, Charlotte, and Gertie love reading library books, hate dusting, and get excited about celebrating their Jewish heritage on New York’s East Side at the turn of the century. Mama teaches the girls how to cook and clean, and how helping the family can...
