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Ad lit.org: Hooking Struggling Readers: Using Books They Can and Want to Read

For Teachers 9th - 10th
One of the keys to helping struggling readers is to provide them with books that they can and want to read. Fiction for struggling readers must have realistic characters, readable and convincing text, and a sense of the readers'...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
This first book of J.K. Rowling is covered extensively in this excellent site. Read about the main characters, their motivations, important quotations and themes in the novel.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Road

For Students 9th - 10th
Named the best book of the decade in the 2000s, The Road is about a father and son traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape. Read about the characters and their motivations in this informative site.