HIP Xtreme Novels for Reluctant Readers https://www.hip-books.com/product-category/hip-xtreme/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:56:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 HIP Xtreme Teacher’s Guide Pack https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/hip-xtreme-teachers-guide-pack/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/hip-xtreme-teachers-guide-pack/#respond Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:28:44 +0000 https://hip-books.com/?post_type=product&p=10657 HIP Xtreme Teacher's Guide Pack - saves you over 15% plus no shipping charges and no waiting! Download them right away!

Includes lesson plans for each novel in the HIP Xtreme Pack, background materials, discussion questions, graphic organizers and after-reading activities. These guides make teaching easy for both small-group and whole-class instruction.

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]]> These Teacher’s Guides. It includes background material, discussion questions, graphic organizers and after-reading activities. The guide makes teaching easy for both small-group and whole-class instruction.

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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.

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/frozen/feed/ 0 HIP Xtreme Pack https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/library-packs/hip-xtreme-pack/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/library-packs/hip-xtreme-pack/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/hip-xtreme-pack/ Six high-action stories geared to students in Grades 6-12 who read at a Grade 2-3 level. From surviving an Arctic blizzard to escaping from the rubble of an earthquake, these teenage characters are involved in extraordinary, situations, often struggling just to stay alive. Read more about HIP XTREME novels here.

All six HIP XTREME novels are available in print and ebook formats. Each novel is accompanied by its own Teacher's Guide. Get all 6 Teacher's Guides in the HIP XTREME Teacher's Guide Pack  (available for purchase, or free with the purchase of 6 HIP XTREME PACKS).

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]]> Six high-action stories geared to students in grades 6-12 who read at a grade 2-3 level. From surviving an Arctic blizzard to escaping from the rubble of an earthquake, these teenage characters are involved in extraordinary, situations, often struggling just to stay alive. Read more about HIP XTREME novels here.

 

All six HIP Xtreme novels are available in print and ebook formats. Each novel is accompanied by its own Teacher’s Guide. Get all 6 Teacher’s Guides in the HIP XTREME Teacher’s Guide Pack:

  • Overboard
  • Quake
  • Frozen
  • Hostage
  • Lost
  • Wave.

ISBN 978-1-926847-46-7

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/library-packs/hip-xtreme-pack/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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HOSTAGE is one of many HIP Novels that use cliffhangers at the end of chapters.
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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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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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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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]]> 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.

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

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]]> https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/quake/feed/ 0 Wave https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/wave/ https://www.hip-books.com/browse-books/hip-xtreme/wave/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:20:23 +0000 https://www.hip-books.com/product/wave/ Wave is based on actual events from the 2004 Asian tsunami in Thailand.

Luke and Mai can see the tsunami coming, but can't get away in time. They manage to survive the killer wave, but have to deal with the frightening aftermath as they struggle to get to safety and find their parents.

Author: D.M. Ouellet
Reading level: Grade 3.2 (Lexile 470L)
Interest level: Grades 7-12

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]]> In Wave, a tsunami brings the first wave of disaster to Luke and Mai, but the chaos that follows is even more dangerous. The two young people have to deal with basic survival, looting, finding lost relatives and a kidnapping. A thrilling story, right from real life.

Reading level: grade 3.2. Lexile 470L. Interest level: grades 5-10.

“Wave is an intense read, driven by a fast-paced plot, a suspenseful situation and an exotic location.” – part of a very positive CM review. Click here for the full text.

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