ACCEPTANCE UNIT

Book Clubs

Absolutely Normal Chaos

Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up quickly during the

summer while learning about

romance, homesickness, death, and her

cousin's search for his biological

father.http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=3376

TangerineTwelve-year-old Paul,

who lives in the shadow of his football

hero brother Erik, fights for the right to

play soccer despite his near blindness and

slowly begins to remember the incident

that damaged his eyesight.http://

www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=2874

The MisfitsFour students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to

create a third party for the student

council elections to represent all

students who have ever been called

names.http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=1570

The Thing about Georgie

Georgie's dwarfism causes problems, but he could always rely on his parents, his best friend, and classmate Jeanie the Meanie's teasing,

until a surprising announcement, a new boy in school, and a class project shake

things up.

Surviving the Applewhites

Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent,

is sent for home schooling to the arty

and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests

he never knew he had.http://

www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=1955

Bystander

Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are

consequences to not standing by and

watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school

officials are aware of the problem, Eric

may be the one with a solution.

http://bystanderproject.org/2012/03/19/bully-official-trailer/

Waiting for NormalAddie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, her way or no way. All-or-nothing never adds up to normal, and it can't bring Addie all to home, where she wants to be with her half sisters. But Addie never stops hoping that one day, maybe, she'll find normal.

http://readinginaction.org/bookcasts/waiting-normal

Revealers

Tired of being bullied and picked on, three

seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using

scientific methods and the power of the

Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at

Parkland Middle School.http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=7790

Alabama MoonAfter the death of

his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the

Alabama forest where he was

raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he

has contact with the outside world and learns about friendship, love, and humanity.

http://readinginaction.org/bookcasts/alabama-moon

Walk Two MoonsAfter her mother

leaves home suddenly, thirteen-

year-old Sal and her grandparents

take a car trip retracing her

mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story

of her friend Phoebe, whose

mother also left.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=2090

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Town

During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best

friend Cal meet the star of a

sideshow act, 600-pound

Zachary, the fattest boy in

the world.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=714

Freak the Mighty

At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his

new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected

his body but not his brilliant mind, find that

when they combine forces they make a

powerful team.http://www.slimekids.com/book-trailers/fifties-nineties/nineties/freak-the-mighty.html

Maniac Magee

After his parents die, Jeffrey

Lionel Magee's life becomes

legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats

which awe his contemporaries.http://

www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=725

Pinballs

Three lonely foster

children learn to care about themselves and each

other.http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=2864

Stargirl

Stargirl, a teen who animates

quiet Mica High with her colorful

personality suddenly finds

herself shunned for her refusal to

conform.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=276

Ruby HollerDallas and Florida are "the trouble twins," shuffled

around all their lives, longing for a loving place to call home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple restless for

one more big adventure. And Ruby

Holler is the beautiful, mysterious place that changes

all their lives forever.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=288

Naked Mole-Rat Letters

Twelve-year-old Frankie

sends fabricated e-mail letters in an attempt to

end her widowed

father's long-distance with a

Washington, D.C.,

zookeeper.

Touching Spirit BearCole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and raising hell for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle Justice: He'll spend one year in complete isolation on a remote Alaskan island. In the first days of his banishment, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Now there's no one left to save Cole, but Cole himself

http://www.slimekids.com/book-trailers/zero-four/one/touching-spirit-bear.html

Red Kayak

Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore,

thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T.

and Digger become entangled in a tragedy

which tests their friendship and their ideas about right

and wrong.

Rules

Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-

year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further

complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.

http://www.slimekids.com/book-trailers/five-nine/six/rules.html

Hope Was HereWhen Hope and her aunt

move to small-town Wisconsin to take over the local diner,

Hope's not sure what to expect. But what they find is

that the owner, G.T., isn't quite ready to give up yet--in fact, he's decided to run for mayor against a corrupt candidate. And as Hope starts to make

her place at the diner, she also finds herself caught up in

G.T.'s campaign--particularly his visions for the future. After

all, as G.T. points out, everyone can use a little hope to help get through the tough times . . . even Hope herself.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=690

Crash Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has

always been comfortable with his

tough, aggressive behavior, until his

relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of

family.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=4223