epub Archives - HIP Books https://www.hip-books.com/book_format/epub/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:56:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Street Racer https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/street-racer/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/street-racer/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:44:20 +0000 https://hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-sr-mainstreet/street-racer/ Street Racer is a tale of danger, excitement, recklessness - and tragedy.  Haresh, the narrator, is torn between his cousin Nitro and his traditional South Asian family. Nitro loves racing cars and will do anything to win. But when he races on a dark highway with a blind curve, he takes one risk too many.

Author: Mike West
Reading level: Grade 2.4
Interest level: Grades 8-12
Part of the HIP Hi-School Pack

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]]> Street Racer, tells the story of Haresh’s cousin Nitro who loves racing cars and will do anything to win and it doesn’t matter who gets in his way.  But when he races on a dark highway with a blind curve, he takes one risk too many.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/street-racer/feed/ 0 The Lost Botticelli https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/uncategorized/the-lost-botticelli/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/uncategorized/the-lost-botticelli/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:25:53 +0000 https://hip-books.com/?post_type=product&p=5619 What if a Botticelli painting should turn up after five hundred years in hiding? Who would own it, who might claim it, and to what desperate ends might someone go to steal such a priceless work. In The Lost Botticelli, author Paul Stephano pits a young art curator against unscrupulous collectors and aggressive museums. It's not a fair fight.

An art-history-mystery novel for adults.

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]]> What if a Botticelli painting should turn up after five hundred years in hiding? Who would own it, who might claim it, and to what desperate ends might someone go to steal such a priceless work. In The Lost Botticelli, author Paul Stephano pits a young art curator against unscrupulous collectors and aggressive museums. It’s not a fair fight.

An art-history-mystery novel for adults.

 

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Author: Lori Jamison
Reading level: Grade 2.3 (Lexile 340L)
Interest level: Grades 8-12

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]]> In Frozen, two teens become stranded in the Arctic when their snowmobile breaks down. They’re smart enough to survive the ensuing storm and the first frozen night, but then everything goes wrong for them. The ending of this novel is especially heart-wrenching.

Reading level: grade 2.3. Lexile 340L. Interest level: grades 6-12.

For a rave review, click here.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/frozen/feed/ 0 Hostage https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/hostage/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/hostage/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/hostage/ In Hostage, two teenagers are held as hostages by a pair of trigger-happy bank robbers. When they're taken off in a getaway car, both have to risk death to escape from their kidnappers.  A CCBC starred selection.

Author: Alex Kropp
Reading level: Grade 2.5 (Lexile 410L)
Interest level: Ages 12-19 (Grades 7-12)

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In Hostage, two teenagers are held as hostages by a pair of trigger-happy bank robbers. When they’re taken off in a getaway car, both have to risk death to escape from their kidnappers. A CCBC starred selection.

Reading level: Grade 2.5. Lexile 410L.

Interest level: Ages 11-19 (Grades 6-12)

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/hostage/feed/ 0 Lost https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/lost/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/lost/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/lost/ In Lost, a bullied teenager runs away from camp and his counsellor sets out to find him. They both get lost in the wilderness and  have to deal with terrible accidents and natural enemies in their struggle to stay alive. 

Author: Sharon Jennings
Reading level: Grade 2.5 (Lexile 450L)
Interest level: Grades 8-12

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]]> In Lost, a young teenager and his older camp counsellor stray from the safety of their camp and get lost in the wilderness. They have to deal with terrible accidents and natural enemies in their struggle to stay alive. Only one of them survives. More realistic than Hatchet – and much easier to read.

Reading level: grade 2.5. Lexile 450L. Interest level: grades 6-12.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/lost/feed/ 0 Overboard https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/overboard/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/overboard/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/overboard/ In Overboard, a chartered sailboat flips over in a storm and three young people struggle to survive on a poorly equipped lifeboat. This novel combines a realistic look at blended-family issues with a thrilling survival tale.

Author: E.L. Thomas
Reading level: Grade 2.8 (Lexile 460L)
Interest level: Grades 6-12

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]]> In Overboard, a chartered sailboat flips over in a storm and three young people struggle to survive on a poorly equipped lifeboat. This novel combines a realistic look at blended-family issues with a thrilling survival tale.

Reading level: grade 2.8. Lexile 460L.  Interest level: grades 6-12.

Author Erin Thomas talks about how she creates “a sense of place” in her books.”From the moment the novel begins, tensions are high …E. L. Thomas writes with such a perceptive approach for reluctant readers without seeming to simplify content or language. The story and word choice pull the reader in. “ – Sheila Janzen, CM Magazine.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/overboard/feed/ 0 Quake https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/quake/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/quake/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/quake/ In Quake, a teenager survives the first earthquake and manages to get his little sister to safety. But he gets trapped by a massive aftershock while trying to rescue his mother. The result is a "taut and emotionally gripping conclusion." A pageturner from start to finish.

Author: Alex Kropp
Reading level: Grade 3.0 (Lexile 430L)
Interest level: Grades 6-12

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See a completed HOW DID THE CHARACTER CHANGE graphic organizer based on Quake. Click here to download the blank graphic organizer for student use.

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Reading level: grade 3.0. Lexile 430L.  Interest level: grades 6-12.

To read a review of the novel, teacher’s guide and possible connections to studying science, click here.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/quake/feed/ 0 Snake in My Toilet https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-jr/snake-in-my-toilet/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-jr/snake-in-my-toilet/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/snake-in-my-toilet/ In Snake in My Toilet, Cameron's got problems at school, problems with a bully and problems with his sister. But those are nothing compared to the problem in his bathroom. There’s a giant snake loose in the building and it keeps showing up in the wildest places! The good news is that the bully proves to be terrified of snakes.

Author: G.T. Sherman
Reading level: Grade 2.2. (Lexile 340L)
Interest level: Grades 3-7
ISBN: 9781926847481

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]]> Lesson plan for Snake ExcerptIn Snake in My Toilet, Cameron’s got problems at school, problems with a bully and problems with his sister. But those are nothing compared to the problem in his bathroom. A boa constrictor is loose in Cam’s apartment building, and he keeps poking his head up in the toilet!

Reading level: gr. 2.2. Lexile 340L. Interest level: grades 3-6+  ISBN 9781926847481

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Author: Sylvia McNicoll

Reading level: Grade 2.4 (Lexile 460L)
Interest level: Grades 7-12
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In Survival, when their small plane crashes in the Arctic, teenage Sky and her younger brother are unhurt. But Sky’s mother is badly injured and Doc Joe only has the use of one arm. Their struggle, of course, is to stay alive until rescue arrives. Not everyone wins that fight. 

Reading level: grade 2.4. Interest level: grades 6-12. Lexile 460l. ISBN 978-1-926847-54-2. Print $10.95, ebook $7.95

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/survival/feed/ 0 The Warning https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/the-warning/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/view-all-hip-books/the-warning/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:19:41 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/the-warning/ The Warning consists of six stories of the supernatural:  a warning from beyond the grave, a strange new friend, a graveyard encounter, an irresistible dare.  All are tied loosely together on the theme of a "warning." Selected for CCBC "Best Books for Young People" Fall 2014.

Author:  Sharon Jennings
Reading level: Grade 2.5 (Lexile 340L)
Interest level: Grades 6-12
Part of the HIP Hi-School Pack

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The Warning consists of six creepy stories of the supernatural: life, death and life-after-death. Teachers may say these feel like The Twilight Zone; kids will just find them scary. Easy reading but complex ideas and story interconnections. Reading level: grade 2.5. Lexile 340L. Interest level: grades 6-12

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Selected for CCBC “Best Books for Young People” Fall 2014.

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