The World's Best Thin Books

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ISBN: 9781578860074 | 1578860075
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2000

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This handy little gold mine describes 100 titles for middle and high school students that are readable, attention-grabbing, and are all less than 200 pages!

Acknowledgments for the Revised Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction for Students
Introduction for Librarians and Teachers
How to Use This Book
Key Terms and Abbreviations
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The Ghosts of Departure Point	p. 3
Gruel and Unusual Punishment	p. 4
The Little Prince	p. 7
The Night the White Deer Died	p. 8
Save Queen of Sheba	p. 9
Sing Down the Moon	p. 11
Vision Quest	p. 13
Weetzie Bat	p. 15
Whichaway	p. 17
The Winter Room	p. 19
Witch Baby	p. 21
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Born into Light	p. 27
The Cay	p. 29
Close Enough to Touch	p. 30
Cowboys Don't Cry	p. 32
A Day No Pigs Would Die	p. 35
Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate	p. 37
Devil's Race	p. 39
Double Trouble	p. 41
Harold and Maude	p. 43
Heartbeat	p. 45
I Heard the Owl Call My Name	p. 47
If I Asked You, Would You Stay?	p. 49
The Incredible Journey	p. 51
A Kindness	p. 54
The Leaving	p. 55
Leroy and the Old Man	p. 57
The Monument	p. 60
Motown and Didi	p. 61
My Daniel	p. 63
No Dragons to Slay	p. 65
Of Mice and Men	p. 67
One Fat Summer	p. 70
The Other Side of Dark	p. 72
Sex Education: A Novel	p. 74
Skinhead	p. 76
Slake's Limbo	p. 78
Snow Bound	p. 80
Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts	p. 82
Strange Attractors	p. 84
A Summer to Die	p. 86
The Wild Children	p. 88
Wolf of Shadows	p. 90
Words by Heart	p. 92
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The Accident	p. 97
Ace Hits the Big Time	p. 99
Canyons	p. 101
The Contender	p. 103
Don't Look Behind You	p. 105
The Executioner	p. 107
The Face on the Milk Carton	p. 109
A Family Apart	p. 111
Fell	p. 114
The Girl in the Box	p. 115
Hatchet	p. 117
Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel	p. 119
House of Stairs	p. 121
I Know What You Did Last Summer	p. 123
I Love You, Stupid!	p. 125
Invincible Summer	p. 127
Language of Goldfish	p. 129
The Last Mission	p. 131
Maniac Magee	p. 133
Missing Since Monday	p. 135
Nell's Quilt	p. 138
The Outsiders	p. 139
The Pigman	p. 142
Plague Year	p. 144
Playing Beatie Bow	p. 146
Remembering the Good Times	p. 148
Running Loose	p. 150
The Shadow Brothers	p. 153
The Silver Kiss	p. 155
Simple Gifts	p. 156
Taking Terri Mueller	p. 159
Tex	p. 161
Those Summer Girls I Never Met	p. 163
A Very Touchy Subject	p. 164
Voices After Midnight	p. 166
The Year Without Michael	p. 168
Tips for Writing Effective Book Reports	p. 173
Tips for Writing Effective Booktalks	p. 175
Recent Titles Popular with Teens	p. 179
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Seedfolks	p. 179
Whistle Me Home	p. 179
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Buried Onions	p. 180
Clockwork	p. 181
Heroes	p. 181
No Man's Land	p. 182
The Revelation of Saint Bruce	p. 182
Toughing It	p. 183
Vanishing	p. 184
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Bad	p. 184
Max the Mighty	p. 185
The Music of Dolphins	p. 185
The Sacrifice	p. 186
The Terrorist	p. 186
Author Index	p. 189
Title Index	p. 193
Curriculum Area Index	p. 195
Genre Index	p. 201
Readability Index	p. 205
Subject Index	p. 207
About the Author	p. 217
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The World's Best Thin Books

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