Grade Ten Academic students…

Are normally reading at, or above grade level.  Texts for them should be high interest and challenging.  They should be presented with complex ideas that encourage them to delve deeper into thematic issues, while inviting them to demonstrate key literacy skills.

Mouse

By: Richard Burley

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A Long Way Gone

By: Ishmael Beah

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Forest of Hands & Teeth

By: Carrie Ryan

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Medicine Walk

By: Richard Wagamese

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Midnight at the Dragon Cafe

By: Judy Fong Bates

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Laughing all the Way to the Mosque

By: Zarqa Nawaz

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Uglies

By: Scott Westerfeld

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

By: Mark Haddon

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Motorcycles and Sweetgrass

By: Drew Hayden Taylor