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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Essay -- Authorship.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Essay -- Authorship.
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Breakfast
on
Mars
: and
37
other
delectable
essays
/ edited by Rebecca Stern & Brad Wolfe.
Roaring Brook Press, c2013.
Call #:
372.623 B828
Subjects
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Essay -- Authorship.
ISBN:
9781596437371 (hardcover)
1596437375 (hardcover)
9781250044464 (pbk)
Alternate title:
Breakfast
on
Mars
and thirty-seven
other
delectable
essays
Edition:
1st. ed.
Description:
xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Your favorite authors take a stab at the dreaded essay assignment"--Jacket.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical refereces and index.
Contents:
Camp Dread or how to survive a shockingly awful summer / Ransom Riggs -- Sasquatch is out there (and he wants us to leave him alone) / Kirsten Miller -- Warning: this essay does not contain pictures / Scott Westerfeld -- It's on like donkey kong / Alan Gratz -- The world is full of time machines / Steve Almond -- Hello, my name is / Jennifer Lou --
Breakfast
on
Mars
: why we should colonize the red planet / Chris Higgens -- Robots only: why we shouldn't colonize
Mars
/ Chris HIggins -- Recall and defend / Rita Williams-Garcia My life before television / Elizabeth Winthrop -- A rite of passage (and the importance of penguin etiquette) / Chris Epting -- tNatural light / Sloane Crosley -- Home girl / April Sinclair -- Invisibility / Maile Meloy -- The most famous fairy-tale cat of all is a furry-faced fabulist / Daisy Whitney -- tOn facing my fears / Khalid Birdson -- Raised by wolves / Sarah Prineas -- Why we need tails / Ned Vizzini -- Death is only a horizon / Alane Ferguson -- Blue Jeans, Cat Stevens, and my first kiss / Lise Clavel -- King Arthur's great power / Mary-Ann Ochota -- A thousand truths: (mostly) a good dog / Steve Brezenoff -- Death by host family / Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg -- The incredibly amazing humpback anglerfish / Michael Hearst -- Showering with spiders / Clay McLeod Chapman -- River girl / Gigi Amateau -- A good lie / Laurel Snyder -- how to fly / Wendy Mass -- Blueberries / Marie Rutkoski -- Banning books-an un-American act / Sarah Darer Littman -- Laika endings / Nick Abadzis -- From seed to flower / Michael David Lukas -- Sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll / Lena Roy -- A single story can change many lives / Craig Kielburger -- Creative book camp / Joshua Mohr -- Princess Leia is an awesome role model / Cecil Castellucci -- The only job I've ever had / Joe Craig -- Break the rules / Ellen Sussman.
Summary:
Present a collection of unconventional
essays
by leading writers to challenge how students think about
essays
using imaginative, rule-breaking, and unconventional examples.
Other authors:
Stern, Rebecca.
Wolfe, Brad.
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Cole Harbour Public Library
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