The Secret School

A story about a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl determined to control her own destiny and become a young teacher.

Renowned picture book creator Jeanette Winter tells the story of a young girl in Afghanistan who attends a secret school for girls. Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared. In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds she discovers in books be enough to draw Nasreen out of her shell of sadness? Based on a true story from Afghanistan, this inspiring book will touch readers deeply as it affirms both the life-changing power of education and the healing power of love.

Hilarious, pitch-perfect stories where everyday school life becomes completely extraordinary! By a brilliant author/illustrator team with laughs on every page! Izzy's school is being merged with St Bartholomew's Primary, their greatest rivals! What will happen when the new kids join, in their too-shiny shoes and with their too-loud singing? And what if they've got a secret mission and that mission is a BAD mission? Only Izzy and her friends can discover the truth, even if they must go SO DEEP UNDERCOVER that they might not come back...

What's more secret than a secret school on the Moon? The story of the man behind its creation! Meet Doctor Gregory Hill, mild-mannered scientist, just trying to eke out a living on the Moon. One day representatives from three different ascended alien races approached Doctor Hill and his colleagues with a proposition that would change the course of human evolution. Learn the secret origin of the school attended by Ero and his friends in I Was a Teenage MILAB. Twists and turns await you on every page. Ero thought he knew what was going on in the school, but he had no idea what happening behind the scenes on Epsilon Base. Download Secret School today!

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'We forget so much of childhood, but why? And why does at least some of it seem like such an important loss?' In this ground-breaking book, Strieber explores the strangeness of childhood and posits that the essential innocence of children is 'unearthly' and that this must be because of alien visitation and education in our early years. He presents an argument, using his own research and experiences of alien visitation, to support his theory that we are being 'invaded' by alien communities from other planets which are essentially good and that they leave us when we become adults leaving us with a constant sense of their missing presence.

Follow Maggie's hilarious diary over one school year. She gets the worst part in the school play, her world record attempt goes disastrously wrong and as for her act in the talent show, well, let's just say she didn't expect underpants to fly out of her trumpet and land on the judge's face! Still, at least she has her three best friends, and her diary. A story about friendship, family, and resilience. Perfect for ages 8-12, with lots of doodley illustrations. This version has been checked for typos.

This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a literary terms matching quiz, a final essay test with grading rubric, and other activities just for fun!