Books with author Stephanie Harvey

HIGH SCHOOL HANGOVER-a hilarious Young Adult romance from Stephanie Hale-author of REVENGE OF THE HOMECOMING QUEEN.Laney Wentworth survived four years of high school unscathed. How hard can one party be? Laney Wentworth’s graduation should be the best day of her life, but between a classmate mooning the crowd during her valedictorian speech, and her mother forcing her to attend the craziest graduation party ever, it’s a disaster. To hide her awkwardness at the party, Laney drowns herself in punch. The punch makes her brave and she starts having fun. The guy she’s been crushing on for two years wants her by his side the whole night. Everything seems great until she realizes that the punch she’s been gulping all night is really an energy drink and it starts making her feel weird.She wakes up twelve hours later dressed in strange clothes, two states away from home, with the boy responsible for the only B of her high school career, and absolutely no memory of how she got there. With no money, the only way back home is to hitch a ride with a busload of rowdy senior citizens. On the crazy ride home, Laney learns that sometimes the most important things in life can’t be learned from a book.

Revenge of the Homecoming Queen’s Aspen Brooks is back as a college freshman- and finding herself in a big fat Greek mess. After the stress of bringing down the Beauty Bandit my senior year of high school, I was really looking forward to relaxing a little bit at college. Of course, I would be super busy rushing the best sorority, spending time with my perfect boyfriend, Rand, and oh yeah, learning some stuff. But then another mystery drops itself right into my couture-covered lap. Faster than I can spot a fake designer bag, my entire life is turned upside down. Suddenly I’m dealing with a surprise roommate, a house full of devious sorority sisters, and a boyfriend more interested in impressing his fraternity brothers than romancing me. As if that isn’t enough, I’m fighting off a new hottie who has his sights set on yours truly. It’s almost enough to make a girl wish she could go back to high school!Read all three books in the Aspen Brooks trilogy!Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Book #1Twisted Sisters, Book #2Spring Breakup, Book #3

"We turn information into knowledge by thinking about it. These texts support students in using the Toolkit's comprehension and thinking strategies as tools to acquire and actively use knowledge in history."-Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis To support cross-curricular strategy instruction and close reading for information, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis have expanded their Toolkit Texts series to include a library of short nonfiction for American history with 10 all-new Toolkit lessons. Building on selections from popular children's magazines as well as original articles, these engaging, age-appropriate texts will keep your active literacy classroom awash in historical resources that depict the controversies, issues, and dramas that shaped historical events, including the exploits of lesser-known individuals. These short nonfiction texts for American history include: 10 comprehension strategy lessons for close reading in content literacy. Short nonfiction articles on a wide range of topics and at a variety of reading levels. A bank of historical images, primary source documents and artifacts, plus primary source documents and artifacts bibliographies, web sites, and ideas for online investigations. A Digital Companion Resource provides all of the texts, primary source documents, and the image bank in a full-color digital format so you can display them for group analysis. Lesson Title 1 Read and Annotate: Stop, think, and react using a variety of strategies to understand 2 Annotate Images: Expand understanding and learning from visuals 3 Build Background to Understand a Primary Source:Read and paraphrase secondary sources to create a context for a topic 4 Read and Analyze a Primary Source: Focus on what you know and ask questions to clarify and explain 5 Compare Perspectives: Explore the different life experiences of historical figures 6 Read Critically: Consider point of view and bias 7 Organize Historical Thinking: Create a question web 8 Read with a Question in Mind: Focus on central ideas 9 Surface Common Themes: Infer the big ideas across several texts 10 Synthesize Information to Argue a Point: Use claim, evidence, and reasoning The CCSS and other state standards expect that children will read a variety of texts on a common topic and synthesize the ideas and information. These short nonfiction texts were selected using the following criteria: Interest/Content Because kids love the quirky and the unexpected, these texts highlight important but often lesser-known or unrecognized perspectives and voices from the past. Visual literacy Since visual literacy is an essential 21st-century skill, these texts include historical images, paintings, and maps, as well as diagrams, timelines, charts, and photographs. Writing quality and accuracy To foster student engagement, these articles feature vibrant language in an active voice supported by a rich assortment of visual features. Reading level/complexity These texts are written at a range of reading levels and include a wide variety of topics to capture the interests of all readers.

Read all three books of the Aspen Brooks Trilogy!Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Book #1Twisted Sisters, Book #2Spring Breakup, Book #3Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Book One~I, the flawless Aspen Brooks, was born to be Homecoming Queen. I’ve prepped for it like some kids do the SAT. So can someone please tell me why the crown was given to my evil nemesis?As if that wasn’t bad enough, somebody seems out to get me. Locker vandalism, a slashed tire, and horrendous lipstick graffiti are just a few of the ways someone is trying to get under my blemish-free skin. (And I’m not even going to mention how the biggest geek in school kissed me, and I didn’t hate it.) But things start getting serious when girls begin disappearing. I can’t be worrying about tiaras or crushing on a geek when the detective on the case is completely clueless. I have to save the day, all while looking fabulous. ****Reviews for Revenge of the Homecoming Queen****“Meg Cabot better watch her back because Stephanie Hale is giving her a run for her money.” ~Book Divas “They didn’t write teen books like this when I was in high school- and it’s a darned shame.” ~ FreshFiction.com “Hale’s narration is strong with laugh-out-loud funny one-liners.” ~The Ya Ya Ya’s

Revenge of the Homecoming Queen’s Aspen Brooks just wants a little R & R on spring break. Rand and rays, that is. Spring break was supposed to be nothing but fun in the sun with my perfect boyfriend, but between my missing luggage and a raging case of food poisoning, not so much. Don’t even get me started on the drama brewing between our annoying travel companions, Angel and Lucas. Then a beauty contestant goes missing, so my brilliant sleuthing skills are needed. Being a contestant in a beauty pageant doesn’t seem like a huge sacrifice, but then I realize that one of my fellow Miss Teen Queen contestants may be out to get me. I have to figure out what happened to the former Miss Illinois before I disappear, too. If I just happen to win the crown in the process I guess that’s just a well-deserved perk, right? Read all three books in the Aspen Brooks Trilogy!Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Book #1Twisted Sisters, Book #2Spring Breakup, Book #3

From the author of Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Twisted Sisters, Spring Breakup, & High School Hangover comes another hilarious young adult novel guaranteed to keep you turning pages late into the night. Some teenagers use drugs or sex to escape overbearing parents. I used books. All my life my mother has been hovering over me, afraid to let me experience ANYTHING. So I got really good grades, graduated from high school when I was sixteen, and escaped to a new life—my own life—at college. To jump-start my social life, I decided to rush the Alphas, the most exclusive sorority on campus. Things started to get complicated when I told one little white lie. (Okay, maybe not so little.) Then one of the sisters invoked the Alpha Bet, a super-secret set of alphabetical tasks we pledges have to complete to prove our loyalty. Now, the Alpha Bet has taken over my life. Can you spell B-E-T-R-A-Y-A-L?"Reminiscent of Meg Cabot and Kieran Scott, Hale sets a perfect tone—overtly bubbly with glimpses of Grace Kelly’s obvious intelligence—for her gawky, brainy wallflower with a delightful personality."—Booklist

Even good-girls are capable of doing bad things...Tatum Williams is famous for killing it on the court. She has a pile of recruitment letters and full-ride scholarship to prove it. However, after the rival new-girl turns up dead in the trunk of her car following a rained-out Team Night, she’s forced to swap her Lady Bulldog jersey with an orange jumpsuit branded with the ominous Death Row insignia. A shocking toxicology report, traumatized witnesses, and a strong motive leave little hope of freedom for the All-American girl turned inmate.

The Wonders of Monkey Mac! Is a beloved children's comedy/adventure about real life challenges and the transforming power of faith, hope and love. It tells the story of a young monkey named Mac that was raised as a human and then eventually forced to live in a zoo under a new scientific experiment. Mac doesn't like living in the zoo and escapes every chance he gets Thanks to some new friends, Snac, Pac, Stac and Early-Earl, Mac learns a lot about life and making his own decisions. Will Mac survive living like a human or will he give in and become wild like the other monkeys in the zoo?Come inside and discover a world full of pure fun, with rhymes riddles and sign along songs. Get ready to become great Snackerpackerstackians and learn to speak Snackerpackerstackish!It's gentle moral tale is based on a go-cart adventure where the boys compete against the girls and wind-up in a whole lot of trouble.

Rebecca Mayne lives a seemingly normal life until the arrival of a new person in town—Tristan Walker—changes everything. With strange things happening around her, she’s not sure she can trust him, or his friends. As her life becomes increasingly entwined with his, she struggles to keep him at a distance as she tries to figure out if he’s here to help her or harm her. Just as she starts to grasp an understanding of an unknown world around her, a secret is revealed that will change the way she sees herself forever. As her previous life fades into a new beginning, Rebecca will have to learn how to defend herself or be lost in this dark, new world.