Tag Archives: death

Common Core and Nonfiction: Adult Books for Teens: “Stiff”

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Victoria Waddle

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach   “The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back.”—The opening sentence … Continue reading →

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“Exit Point” and “Yellow Line”

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

I’ve just read a couple of novels from the Orca Soundings series–a series that I think of as high quality/quick reading. Pick up one of these for a fast page-turner. Exit Point by Laura Langston Logan can’t believe he’s dead. … Continue reading →

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“How They Croaked”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

     How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg; illustrated by Kevin O’Malley This wacky book is alternatelty gross and funny. It is always fascinating. Bragg looks at the terrible suffering involved in the deaths … Continue reading →

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“The Last Summer of the Death Warriors”

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

      The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork Like a lot of great books, this one is hard to quickly describe, hard to ‘sell’ in a few paragraphs. And like a lot of great books, it’s … Continue reading →

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