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Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "The Summer She Went Missing" by Chelsea Ichaso. Read for basic book info, mentor texts for writing lessons, and sentences for combining and imitation exercises!

cover image of Blood in the Water by Tiffany Jackson, published by Scholastic Press, 2025. The Basics Page Length: 272 Audiobook Length: ~4.5 hours Grade Reading Level: 4+ Target Audience Age: 9-12+ Goodreads Score: 3.93 out of 5 Common Sense Media Score: 10+ Buy it HERE Setting: Contemporary Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Genre: Middle Grade Mystery Thriller Topics: Murder Mystery, Summer, Racism, Wealth, Privilege, Reputation, Family Secrets, Friendship, Teen Sleuths Plot

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Coldwire" by Chloe Gong. Read for basic book info, mentor texts for writing lessons, and sentences for combining and imitation exercises.

Check out this Sidekick Short Review of "For She is Wrath" by Emily Varga. Read here for basic book info, content warnings, and an outline for book talking to your students.

cover image of Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, published by Feiwel & Friends, 2024. The Basics Page Length: 416 Audiobook Length: ~17 hours Grade Reading Level: 9+ Target Audience Age: 14-18+ Goodreads Score: 3.97 out of 5 Common Sense Media Score: 15+ Buy it HERE Setting: Contemporary England, fictional boarding school, Alfred Nobel Academy Genre: Young Adult Mystery Thriller, Dark Academia Topics: Boarding School, Mental Health, Abuse, Suicide, Sexual As

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Your Blood, My Bones" by Kelly Andrew. Read for basic book info, mentor texts for writing lessons, and sentences for combining and imitation exercises.

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Looking for Smoke" by K. A. Cobell, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of The Case of the Scarlet Snakebite by Christyne Morrell, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of I Killed the King by Rebecca Mix and Andrea Hannah, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of A Scar Like a River by Lisa Graff, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of When We Were Monsters by Jennifer Niven. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Dragonborn by Struan Murray. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of The Steps by Wendelin Van Draanen.

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin. Read for mentor texts, sentences for fluency practice, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Outside by Jennifer L. Holm

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Climate of Chaos by Cassandra Newbould

Read this Sidekick Super Review of The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard. Find mentor texts, sentence exercises, and a template for book talking here!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson