Check out our latest literature and grammar handbooks! Teach grammar, punctuation, spelling, and literary devices through these engaging stories (books not included).
Arrow (ages 11-12): The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli
by Karina Yan Glasser
Two young heroes. Two desperate journeys. One unbreakable bond between family and home.
In ancient Chang’An, Han Yu sells steamed buns in a bustling market alive with rumors. In Depression-era New York, Luli perches on the roof of her family’s Chinatown restaurant, dreaming of dim sum and faraway landscapes painted in ink.
Worlds apart yet kindred in spirit, Han Yu and Luli each know the quiet comfort of a life small but full. Then plague descends on Chang’An. Financial ruin closes in on Luli’s family. And two ordinary children must step into an extraordinary, danger-filled world and risk everything to protect the people they love most.
Boomerang (ages 13-14): Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
Brave Writer’s literature and grammar handbooks feature:
- 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation practices
- Lessons on grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices
- Planner and Skills Tracker
- Weekly Reading Guide
- Writing Activity
- Discussion Questions
- Family Book Club Party Ideas
- Guidelines explaining copywork & dictation practices
We are cheering you on, one book at a time!
