This bundle includes City of Bones and City of Ashes. City of Ashes has some writing and bottom of spine has a dent. See photos for details. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

California

The Mortal Instruments 

City of Bones/City of Ashes 2 book bundle

Andrew Clements 4 book bundle:
-Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School: We the Children book 1 illustrated by Adam Stower
-Lunch Money illustrated by Brian Selznick
-A Week in the Woods
-The School Story illustrated by Brian Selznick

There are names written in Lunch Money, A Week in three Woods, The School Story. The School Story has literature circle discussion questions. See photos for details. 



Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Andrew Clements 4 book bundle

Minecraft 5 book bundle. Two books are written in and The End dust jacket spine is torn. See photos for details. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Minecraft 5 book bundle 

Thomas R. Guskey

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting

On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting by Thomas R. Guskey asserts the need to align grading and reporting practices to truly reflect what students are learning in K 12 classrooms. The changes this book outlines might be controversial adjusting any system that has been in place for centuries will cause tension yet we owe it to our students to make sure grades accurately communicate their progress and help them improve. Rather than continuing down the wrong path out of delusion, fear, or tradition, we must use research to boldly move forward and better serve our students. The chapters first present changes that K 12 teachers and administrators can accomplish with a modest effort. They then lead up to the larger undertakings that demand a significant transformation of grading practices. Specifically, chapter 1 guides readers as they clarify the purpose of grades and craft a vision statement that aligns with this purpose. In chapters 2 and 3, readers will ques

On Your Mark

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John Gardner

See photos of table of contents for more details of content. 

Notes on Craft for Young Writers

This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers--and will continue to do so for many years to come.  
 
John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and cogently, the principles and techniques of good writing. Gardner's lessons, exemplified with detailed excerpts from classic works of literature, sweep across a complete range of topics--from the nature of aesthetics to the shape of a refined sentence. Written with passion, precision, and a deep respect for the art of writing, Gardner's book serves by turns as a critic, mentor, and friend. Anyone who has ever thought of taking the step from reader to writer should begin here.

The Art of Fiction

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Constance Hale

Karen Elizabeth Gordon

For more information on content, see photos of table of contents. Minor wrinkling on bottom left corner of cover. See photos for details. 

English

How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose

Today's writers need more spunk than Strunk. Whether it's the Great American E-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. With Sin and Syntax, copy veteran Hale makes creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option for everyone.

Sin and Syntax

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Taylor Mali

In good condition. Some minor staining on front and back dust jacket. See photos for details. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why our society needs them now more than ever.

Former middle-school teacher and teachers' advocate Taylor Mali struck a chord with his passionate response to a man at a dinner party who asked him what kind of salary teachers make-a poetic rant that has been seen and forwarded millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Based on the poem that inspired a movement, What Teachers Make is Mali's sharp, funny, reflective, critical call to arms about the joys of teaching and why teachers are so vital to America today. It's a book that will be treasured and shared by every teacher in America-and everyone who's ever loved or learned from one.

What Teachers Make

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Alfred Rosa

Paul Eschholz

Short Essays for Composition

It's a simple, best-selling combination that's worked for over 20 years -- short, accessible essays and helpful, thorough writing instruction. "Models for Writers" continues to offer thought-provoking selections organized to demonstrate not only the rhetorical patterns that students will use in their own essays but also the elements and language that will make those essays effective. With a wide variety of new selections and new attention to sentence grammar, reading comprehension, and critical thinking, the new edition of "Models for Writers" once again stakes its claim as America's best-selling short essay reader.

Models for Writers

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JUdy Logan

Collection of stories from educator Judy Logan. See photos of Author’s note and table of contents for more details. 

A veteran of the classroom introduces methods in the education of adolescent children. Judy Logan has taught in the inner city schools of San Francisco since the 1970s. Here she explores contemporary issues in education through story telling and the day-to-day drama of a real classroom. When nearly everyone else is telling kids no-No, do it this way....No, I don't want to hear what you think....No, sit down and pay attention'-Judy Logan says yes, to a child's passions, interests, and hopes. The results have been news-making; her students blossom'

Teaching Stories

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Steven Gilbar

Collection of essays about reading. See photos for table of contents. 

Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading

This volume collects what 22 writers (e.g., Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Miller) have to say about reading. Fluff up the pillow and settle in for a good read.

Reading in Bed

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Keri Smith

Wreck This Journal and Rip It! Write It! Draw It! Journal 2 book bundle. Only 5 pages marked in Wreck this journal.  Rip it! Write it! Draw it! pages are clean. See photos for details. 

For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.



Wreck This Journal/Rip It! Write It! Draw It! Journal 2 book bundle

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Charles. Dickens

Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Some wear and tear on back cover and spine. See photos for details. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Presents the classic tale of love, courage, and sacrifice set against the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution.

A Tale of Two Cities

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Charlotte Brontë

Susan Ostrov Weisser

Oscar. Wilde

Minor creases on back cover and spine. See photos for details. 

Immediately recognized as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1847,Charlotte Brontë’sJane Eyreis an extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Poor and plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later torture of boarding school, Jane manages to emerge with her spirit and integrity unbroken. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she finds herself falling in love with her employer—the dark, impassioned Mr. Rochester. But an explosive secret tears apart their relationship, forcing Jane to face poverty and isolation once again. One of the world’s most beloved novels,Jane Eyreis a startlingly modern blend of passion, romance, mystery, and suspense.

Jane Eyre

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Jack. London

Some staining on back cover and wear on spine. Does not effect readability. See photos for details. 

A classic adventure novel detailing the savagery of life in the northern wilds. Its central character is a ferocious and magnificent creature, half dog, half wolf, through whose experiences we feel the harsh rhythms and patterns of wilderness life among animals and men.

White Fang

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Jules Verne

Vintage cover edition of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Vernes. Creases on the edge of some pages but doesn’t effect readability of book. See photos for details. 

Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.

This edition ofJourney to the Center of the Earthincludes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Andre Norton.

It was a secret message by an ancient alchemist, found on a crumbling scrap of parchment. And if Saknussemm was right, then every theory about the molten core of the earth is wrong. Prof. Otto Lidenbrockhas to learn the truth. So Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and the Icelandic hunter Hans climb down the cone of an arctic volcano and into...

A realm of awesome mystery, weird beauty--and deadly peril. Where vast caverns and endless mazes lead to an underground ocean, living fire, and prehistoric monsters. But where any wrong turn, any misstep, can leave the explorers forever trapped in the eternal darkness of a planet-sized tomb...

Buried alive at the heart of the world....

Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Preowned well loved vintage classic  10 book bundle. Some covers have creases or small tears. The Scarlet Pimpernel is included for free. See photos for details. 

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Classic vintage novels 10 book bundle

Thi Bui

An Illustrated Memoir

An intimate and moving portrait of one family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to new lives in America

The Best We Could Do

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Pearl Witherington Cornioley

Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People There was a full moon on the evening of September 22, 1943, when Pearl Witherington, age 29, parachuted into France to aid the French Resistance as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Out of the 400 agents sent to France during the German occupation, 39 were women. Pearl, whom the SOE called "cool and resourceful and extremely determined" and "the best shot, male or female, we have yet had," became one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters. In Code Name Pauline Pearl describes in a series of plainspoken reminiscences her difficult childhood and harrowing escape from France in 1940; her recruitment and training as a special agent; the logistics and dangers of posing as a cosmetics saleswoman to make her way around the country as an undercover courier; and both failed and successful attempts at sabotaging the Nazis. She tells how, when the leader of her network was caught by the Gestapo, she became "Pauline" and rose to command a 3,500-strong band of French Resistance fighters. With an annotated list of key figures, an appendix of original unedited interview extracts-including Pearl's husband Henri's story-and never-before-published photographs from Pearl's personal collection, Code Name Pauline will captivate World War II buffs of any age and, just as Pearl wished, inspire young people.

Code Name Pauline

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Farah Ahmedi

Mir Tamim Ansary

Adapted for the classroom, The Other Side of the Sky was originally published as The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky, A Memoir. This adapted version includes vocabulary footnotes, comprehension questions and suggested activities at the end of the book. See photos for details. 

A Memoir

The Other Side of the Sky

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Please note this is NOT a complete set. There is some writing in book 3 and 7 and a minor tear on the front spine of book 3. See photos for details. All books are in excellent to new condition. 

Books included in this bundle: books 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14. 

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

Diary of a Whimpy Kid 7 book bundle

Dan Brown

Please note this is a large print edition of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Some minor wear on front cover. See photos for details. 

The Lost Symbol Large Print edition 

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George Fetherling

Bought as a reference book for writing but never used. See photos for examples of book content. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present

Assassin trivia: Julius Caesar's assassination may have been patricide. His last words were not "Et tu Brute," as Shakespeare suggests, but "kai su teknon"-Greek for "You too, my child." These words were particularly appropriate when one considers the rumors that surrounded Brutus's paternity (see Brutus). Perhaps the most unusual weapon ever used in an assassination attempt was the "infernal machine." The device was composed of twenty-five rifles that could be fired simultaneously by a single trigger. Ironically, the would-be assassin's intended victim walked away unhurt, while most of those crowded around him did not (see Fieschi). When a hunchbacked dwarf fired a shot at Queen Victoria, London police arrested every hunchbacked dwarf in the capital until they found the right one (see Bean). Rigoberto Lopez not only shot and killed Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza but also anonymously won a newspaper contest for the best poem eulogizing the dead leader (see Lopez). President Andrew Jackson survived two attempted assassinations on the same day. When his hapless attacker's pistol misfired, he drew a second pistol-which also misfired. Jackson beat the man with his cane until help arrived (see Lawrence).

The Book of Assassins

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Bought as a reference book for novel writing but never used. Photos included to show content. 

Knives, Swords, & Daggers Complete Handbook

Barbara Ehrenreich

Frances Fox Piven

In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.

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