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  • Spanish, Grades 6 - 12

    Rose Thomas

    Paperback (Instructional Fair, Jan. 15, 1999)
    A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book!Help your student form a solid understanding of the Spanish language. Building on the basics, this book covers common phrases, functional vocabulary, conjugation of verbs, basic grammar, and sentence structure. Over 100 pages of reproducible activities get your students started on the path to speaking and writing Spanish. The activities provided offer fun and varied exercises to practice concepts and vocabulary. Students learn to tell time, formulate sentences,conjugate verbs, pose and answer questions, and make comparisons; all while learning about Spanish-speaking culture.
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  • Spanish, : Elementary

    Rose Thomas

    Paperback (Instructional Fair, Jan. 15, 1999)
    A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book!Help your students get a jump start on learning Spanish! With more than 100 reproducible activity pages from which to choose, guide your class through the basics of the Spanish language. Begin with letters of the alphabet and numbers, then progress through functional vocabulary. Use the activities to teach your students about colors, weather, food, clothing, animals, the city, and other everyday topics. Activity pages present vocabulary in well-defined categories, and accompanying illustrations assure that your students will learn Spanish in meaningful context. This book is a practical resource filled with fun learning activities. It is an absolute must for the beginning Spanish classroom.
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  • The Midnight Gardener: A YA Urban Fantasy Gay Romance

    R. G. Thomas

    eBook (Startled Monkeys Media, July 24, 2020)
    A lonely teenage boy whose father has moved them too often for him to make lasting friendships.A mysterious neighbor his own age who hums as he gardens... at night... surrounded by fireflies.Superstition is the town Thaddeus Cane and his father, Nathan, have settled in this time, and every evening Thaddeus becomes more intrigued with his new neighbor. When Thaddeus finally works up the nerve to visit his neighbor, the crush blooming underneath surfaces, and he realizes that Teofil, the midnight gardener, is lonely as well. When his father finds out where he's been spending his time, Thaddeus is forbidden from returning. But the attraction is too strong, and soon Thaddeus is back in Teofil's yard, leading to the revelation of long held secrets that upend Thaddeus' quiet life and sends him on the adventure of a lifetime.
  • Slave Day

    Rob Thomas

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, July 31, 2018)
    From the creator of Veronica Mars comes a timely novel that looks at a high school fundraising tradition of auctioning off students as “slaves.”At Robert E. Lee High School, the traditional fundraising event is Slave Day, in which the student leaders and faculty are auctioned off as slaves for the winning bidders. Keene Davenport is outraged and plans to stay home to protest this racist practice. But his mom won’t let him skip school, and he finds that none of his classmates took his protest seriously. So instead he decides on an alternative path of civil disobedience—he will “buy” Shawn Greeley, the school’s first black student body president. Told in eight alternating perspectives, Slave Day is a powerful novel featuring beauty queens, geeks, class clowns, and football players—and none of them will come out of it the same.
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  • Rats Saw God

    Rob Thomas

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, March 5, 2013)
    Steve details his descent from bright star to burnout in this newly repackaged edition of the definitive, highly acclaimed novel from the creator of Veronica Mars and Party Down.Houston, sophomore year: Steve is on top of the world. He and his friends are the talk of the school. He’s in love with a terrific girl. He can even deal with “the astronaut”—a world-famous hero who happens to be his father. San Diego, senior year: Steve is bummed out, drugged out, flunking out. A no-nonsense counselor says he can graduate if he writes a 100-page paper. So Steve starts writing, and as the paper becomes more and more personal, he reveals how a National Merit Scholar has become an under-achieving stoner. And in telling how he got to where he is, Steve discovers how to get to where he wants to be.
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  • Slave Day

    Rob Thomas

    eBook (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, June 12, 2012)
    Keene Davenport has called for a student walkout to protest his school’s annual “Slave Day” fundraiser, but it’s not exactly working. Shawn Greeley, the first African American student council president of Robert E. Lee High, continues to preside over the auctioning of student reps to serve as book-toters, chauffeurs, and lunch-fetchers for the day. So Keene chooses an alternative path of civil disobedience: Assuming that a day of degradation ought to open Shawn’s eyes, Keene decides to “buy” Shawn to be his slave, no matter what the cost—and launches a series of life-changing events in the process.
  • The Well of Tears: A YA Urban Fantasy Gay Romance

    R. G. Thomas

    eBook (Startled Monkeys Media, Aug. 21, 2020)
    A massive forest populated by creatures both dangerous and trustworthy.A source of power stronger than anything previously known.Far from his home in Superstition, Thaddeus Cane is in a race against dark forces to track down a dragon and break a curse.Teofil, his neighbor and new boyfriend, accompanies him, bravely standing by his side and facing down dangers as they search for a place whispered of in legend. Along the way, Thaddeus feels the first stirrings of love, as well as the awakening of a power he never imagined possible. When old secrets are finally revealed, will his new-found family be strong enough to survive the devastating shock?
  • Shazam: A New Beginning 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

    Roy Thomas

    Hardcover (DC Comics, Dec. 12, 2017)
    1987’s classic origin story for the World’s Mightiest Mortal is back in SHAZAM: A NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION! He was one of the greatest heroes of comics’ Golden Age—a square-jawed colossus with a child’s optimistic spirit. Then a great crisis came that destroyed his world and erased his adventures from history. But even during the grim and gritty era that followed, this force of pure goodness continued to shine through the gloom like the bolt of lightning that strikes whenever young Billy Batson says the magic word… SHAZAM! Then, in 1987, the celebrated saga of the orphaned boy with godlike powers began anew. Under an all-new creative team, DC’s Captain Marvel was reimagined as a 15-year-old teenager—one who is fated to grow up much faster than he’d hoped. Arrayed against him are some of the most menacing villains the world has ever seen: Dr. Sivana, a scientific genius as evil as he is intelligent; Captain Nazi, an Aryan übermensch bent on building a new American reich; and Black Adam, a 5,000-year-old tyrant with the same powers as Captain Marvel and the cold-hearted ambition to rule the world! SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION presents the complete Shazam! stories from legendary comics author Roy Thomas, his co-writer and wife Dann Thomas and acclaimed artists Tom Mandrake, Rick Stasi and Rick Magyar. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this special hardcover edition reveals a unique and never-before-reprinted chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and enduring superheroes of all time! Collects SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING #1-4 and the Captain Marvel stories from ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #623-626.
  • Slave Day

    Rob Thomas

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, April 1, 1997)
    When the high school auctions off students and faculty as slaves during a fundraiser, Keene Davenport declares the event racist and unsuccessfully calls for a boycott before deciding to buy the class president and teach everyone a lesson.
  • The Eighth Dwarf

    Ross Thomas

    eBook (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, Oct. 4, 2011)
    An ex-spy and his sidekick hunt for a rogue assassin of Nazi war criminals—“Thomas is without peer in American suspense” (Los Angeles Times). Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II’s end, beats the bullies senseless and pulls Nicolae from the water. A friendship is born. Jackson is broke, his spying days over, and Nicolae offers him a job. A former spy himself, the globetrotting Romanian has a commission to find Kurt Oppenheimer, an expert assassin of high-ranking Nazis. Kurt won’t stop killing, no matter what the bloodshed will do to the fragile world peace, and the Soviets, the British, and the remains of the Nazi High Command all want his head. Jackson will beat them all to finding Kurt—unless his new friend betrays him first.
  • Rats Saw God

    Rob Thomas

    eBook (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, June 12, 2012)
    Steve details his descent from bright star to burnout in this newly repackaged edition of the definitive, highly acclaimed novel from the creator of Veronica Mars and Party Down.Houston, sophomore year: Steve is on top of the world. He and his friends are the talk of the school. He’s in love with a terrific girl. He can even deal with “the astronaut”—a world-famous hero who happens to be his father. San Diego, senior year: Steve is bummed out, drugged out, flunking out. A no-nonsense counselor says he can graduate if he writes a 100-page paper. So Steve starts writing, and as the paper becomes more and more personal, he reveals how a National Merit Scholar has become an under-achieving stoner. And in telling how he got to where he is, Steve discovers how to get to where he wants to be.
  • Spanish Homework Booklet, Middle School / High School, Level 2

    Rose Thomas

    Paperback (Instructional Fair, Jan. 29, 1999)
    Spanish Middle/High School, Level 2 Homework Booklet continues to expand the Spanish vocabulary. The many illustrations give clues to the meanings of the Spanish words. This level 2 book expands the Spanish vocabulary while also introducing basic Spanish grammar. Students will learn Spanish words for different kinds of clothing, conjugate Spanish verbs, study the proper way to form a question, and more! Students’ understanding of the Spanish language will grow quickly as they enjoy completing these fun activities. Features: • A pull-put answer key in the center of the book to make checking answers quick and easy. • This book is intended to be completed by the student with little or no help from a parent or teacher, which makes it a great resource for use at home or school. Our extremely popular Homework Booklet series is a must have for any student! Great for reinforcing, reviewing, or teaching specific skills these booklets feature step-by-step practice drills with easy-to-understand directions and highlighted examples. With over 85 titles for children in preschool to high school and covering all key subjects including math, reading, social studies, grammar, foreign language, and more, students will find the extra practice they need to succeed in all subjects! Help your student today and collect all the titles in this amazing series!