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Best Short Stories Written By High School Students on April 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • The Underground Railroad: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0345804325
    • ISBN: 0345804325
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    #1 New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the National Book Award • Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, HuffPost, Esquire, Min... [Read More]

  • Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

    • ASIN: 1455570249
    • ISBN: 1455570249
    • Brand: Grand Central Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

    Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal).If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin... [Read More]

  • Of Mice and Men

    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ISBN: 0140177396
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable ... [Read More]

  • Night (Night)

    • ASIN: 0374500010
    • ISBN: 9780374500016
    • Brand: Wiesel, Elie/ Wiesel, Marion (TRN)
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

  • The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

    • ASIN: 0470100281
    • ISBN: 9780470100288
    • Brand: Wiley
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment - at work and at home. Jon infuses this engaging story with keen insights as he provides a powerful roadma... [Read More]

  • A Separate Peace

    • ASIN: 0743253973
    • ISBN: 0743253973
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the... [Read More]

  • The House on Mango Street

    • ASIN: 0679734775
    • ISBN: 9780679734772
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of... [Read More]

  • Easy Spanish Step-By-Step

    • UPC: 201571463380
    • ASIN: 0071463380
    • ISBN: 0071463380
    • Brand: McGraw-Hill
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    A proven grammar-based approach that gets you communicating in Spanish with confidence, right away Easy Spanish Step by Step proves that a solid grounding in grammar basics is the key to mastering a second language. Grammatical rules and concepts are clearly explained in order of importance, and more than 300 verbs and key terms are introduced on t... [Read More]

  • All American Boys

    • ASIN: 1481463349
    • ISBN: 1481463349
    • Brand: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
    • Manufacturer: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divide... [Read More]

  • The Wild Robot

    • ASIN: 0316381993
    • ISBN: 0316381993
    • Brand: Peter Brown
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    "Wild Robot is an excellent choice for young readers looking for engaging early middle grade novels. A discarded robot finds love and a sense of belonging on an island of animals in Peter Brown's well-crafted story. Profound moments and warm humor make this a winner." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorWall-E meets Hatchet in this New York Times bestsell... [Read More]

  • The One and Only Ivan

    • ASIN: 0061992275
    • ISBN: 0061992275
    • Brand: HarperCollins
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Soon to be a major motion picture!Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestsellerThis unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan h... [Read More]

  • The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

    • ASIN: 0374303231
    • ISBN: 0374303231
    • Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

    Stonewall Book Award Winner―Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature AwardYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter.One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both we... [Read More]

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything

    • ASIN: 076790818X
    • ISBN: 076790818X
    • Brand: Bryson, Bill
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    One of the world’s most beloved writers and bestselling author of One Summer takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail—well, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Austr... [Read More]

  • The Joy Luck Club: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0143038095
    • ISBN: 9780143038092
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    “The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich AsiansAmy Tan’... [Read More]

  • The Last Lecture

    • ASIN: 1401323251
    • ISBN: 9781401323257
    • Brand: Hyperion Books
    • Manufacturer: Hyperion

  • Pride and Prejudice

    • ASIN: 0141439513
    • ISBN: 9780141439518
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadFew have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligi... [Read More]

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    • UPC: 800759284993
    • ASIN: 0486284999
    • ISBN: 9780486284996
    • Brand: Dover Publications
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a... [Read More]

  • The Call of the Wild

    • UPC: 800759264728
    • ASIN: 0486264726
    • ISBN: 0486264726
    • Brand: Dover Publications
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    Jack London's novels and ruggedly individual life seemed to embody American hopes, frustrations, and romantic longings in the turbulent first years of the twentieth century, years infused with the wonder and excitement of great technological and historic change. The author's restless spirit, taste for a life of excitement, and probing mind led him ... [Read More]

  • The Hate U Give

    • UPC: 642688061562
    • ASIN: 1406372153
    • ISBN: 1406372153
    • Brand: WALKER BOOKS
    • Manufacturer: WALKER BOOKS

    Hate U GiveA powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century."A stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time." John Green No. 1 New York Times bestseller. Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high sch... [Read More]

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    • ASIN: 1451696191
    • ISBN: 9781451696196
    • Brand: MTV Books
    • Manufacturer: MTV Books

    Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Also a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.The critically acclaimed debut novel from Step... [Read More]

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