Surviving Antarctica - Reality TV 2083

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South Pole

Antarctica

Robert F. Scott

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In 2083 reality Edu-TV is how everyone learns (the government has closed schools to save money). When five very different teens are chosen to recreate a doomed 1912 expedition to the South Pole they aren't watching TV anymore. It's fifty degrees below zero and death is one mistake away. And the whole world is watching through the video cameras implanted in their eyes. History meets the future in this exciting novel.

White, Andrea. Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083. HarperCollins, ©2005.

Under the Same Sky

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Mexico

Migrant Workers

Farming

Prejudice

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Joe just wants a motorbike for his birthday. Earning the money himself by working on his Dad's farm was NOT what he had in mind. Matter of fact he can't wait to go away to college and leave the stupid farm forever. Joe grows up this summer - picking strawberries in the hot sun bent over for hours will do that to you. This one is a real eye opener and will help you understand the current issues facing our country on immigration.

DeFelice, Cynthia. Under the Same Sky. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2003.

The Lightning Thief

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Greek Mythology

Poseidon/Zeus/Hades

ADHD

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Percy is different - really different. He can't sit still in class and has been thrown out of several schools because weird things happen when he's around and of course he gets blamed. When he visits a museum with his class (he's sworn to his mother to be on his best behavior) a teacher turns into a monster with glowing eyes, his ball point pen becomes a sword and...well let's just say Percy reacts. An adventure begins with a Hogwarts type school, several encounters with mythical monsters (yes - Medusa is one of them!) and a meeting with his real dad. Those famous Greek myths are famous for a reason - they are great stories!

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. Hyperion, ©2005.