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  • Book cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart
    Tara McCarthy

     · 2005

    Two's Company When thirty-five-year-old celebrity journalist Sloan Madden is asked to write a biography of Grammy-winning pop princesses Flora and Fauna Sparks -- sexy seventeen-year-old Siamese twins who are joined at the hip -- she thinks it'll be an easy, lucrative gig. But as soon as she takes the job, Sloan discovers that the Sparks sisters' empire hides deep cracks. She's barely signed her book contract before Fauna confesses her secret dream: she wants to record a solo album. Three's a Crowd Moving into a guest suite at the Joint -- the symmetrical Beverly Hills home the twins share with their Bud-sucking father, Fred -- perpetually single Sloan can't help but start to view her own life differently. Suddenly everything from the affair she's having with debonair screenwriter Brian Understahl, to her unrequited love for her best friend, Travis, to herodd, burgeoning desire for the twins' troubled father leaves her wondering whether couplehood isn't overrated -- whether there isn't something more to life. But redemption comes at a price. And with Flora and Fauna pulling her into their downward spiral of catfights, career sabotage, drug abuse, sex, and jealousy, Sloan stands to lose as much as she has to gain.

  • Book cover of My Brother Sam Is Dead

    This study guide includes author biographies, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, assessment strategies, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles.

  • Book cover of Comprehension Skills
  • Book cover of Science & Stories
  • Book cover of Out of the Dust

    Teacher resource for running literature circles.

  • Book cover of Science and Stories

    Bring science to life using 24 popular children's books. Cross-curricular activities provide theme-based units that engage students in a broad scope of science discovery. Includes activities, student worksheets, extensions, and correlation charts.

  • Book cover of Narrative Writing
    Tara McCarthy

     · 1998

    Contains mini-lessons, strategies, and activities designed to help grade school students learn to write narratives.

  • Book cover of Literature Circle Guide: Where The Red Fern Grows
    Tara McCarthy

     · 2003

    Helps kids respond to literature in small discussion groups!

  • Book cover of Real-Life Reading
    Tara McCarthy

     · 2002

    Real Life Reading is an ideal tool for teaching reading to adults who are learning ESL or who are at the pre-GED level. With examples based on real-life situations that your students are eager to master--from making sure they get the right change to calculating how much half a pound of oranges will cost at the grocery store--this book is sure to keep them interested and motivated. For use with Grades 7 and Up.

  • Book cover of Science & Stories

    Here's a surefire way to spark interest in both reading and science at the upper elementary level. The authors provide reading strategies and activities for 24 popular children's books you can use to integrate reading and science teaching. Activities covering oral language, writing, and cooperative learning apply the science concepts.