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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.

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Louder Than Hunger" by John Schu, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, 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 "When We Flew Away" by Alice Hoffman. Read for basic book info, mentor texts for writing lessons, and sentences for combining and imitation exercises.

Check out this Sidekick Short review of "The Flip Side" by Jason Walz. Read here to find book basics and an outline for book talking to your students!

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 Super Review of "After Life" by Gayle Forman, 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 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 Super Review of Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of Moonleapers by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Last Chance Academy A Study in Secrets by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

Check out this Sidekick Super Review of This is Where We Die by Cindy R. X. He. Read for mentor texts, sentences for fluency practice, and an outline for book talking to your students!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews

Read this Sidekick Super Review of War Games by Alan Gratz. Find mentor texts, sentence exercises, and a template for book talking here!

Check out this Sidekick Short review of The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner