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Read 180 Audiobook - Quake! A Novel - Stage B
Read 180 Audiobook Quake A Novel Stage B Author:Joe Cottonwood READ 180 is a comprehensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of students in elementary through high school whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. Stage B targets middle school students Read 180 is based on the work of Dr. Ted Hasselbring at Vanderbilt and Janet Allen, who writes extensively on teaching. T... more »he instructional design of the program is based on the use of technology to enhance learning for students with mild disabilities.
Based on California's 1989 earthquake, this survival story fleshes out the newspaper headlines in fascinating detail. Cottonwood, himself a survivor of the earthquake, chronicles the nightmarish ordeal through the eyes of 14-year-old Fran. While her parents attend the World Series, Fran stays home with her bratty brother, Sidney, and Jennie, a visiting friend. Their reunion is awkward until the earthquake shakes them into action: they lift a Volkswagen off a neighbor, turn off combustible propane tanks, and help at the school emergency shelter. The experience builds bridges between the trio and offers Fran the bittersweet challenge of being in charge until her parents return safely home. There are surreal details--" when the water heater fell out [of the closet] . . . for a weird moment it looked like a mummy falling out of a coffin" --and the triviality of a "Go Cheetahs" sign at Fran's school mark the shift in perspective that accompanies a major seismic shift. Grippingly told, this story will add depth to any study of earthquakes.« less