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 | 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...
by CLSP Team | Jul 1, 2016 | Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, Middle School Literature
10-year-old August Pullman (Auggie) was homeschooled until 4th grade because of his severe health problems. Auggie is terrified to go to regular school because of what the other kids might think of him, but he ends up with a few friends, despite his reservations. When...
by CLSP Team | Mar 16, 2016 | Best Middle School Blog Resources, Books, CLSP Blog, Elementary School Reading, Middle School Literature
The Borrowers—Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock—are small persons who live under the kitchen in an old house. In order to survive, they “borrow” food and small objects from around the house. Their greatest fear is being seen by a “human bean” because then they would...
