Lit Bits is a series of books containing worksheets on popular novels. Created by Australian classroom teachers for middle years students, Lit Bits encourages students to use a wide range of skills from language study to creative writing, listening or debating to drama. Each unit can be adapted for students at different levels.
That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart.
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Usually easygoing and affable, fifteen-year-old Tex undergoes a startling personality change when his rodeo-riding father reveals the truth about Tex's birth, unwittingly pushing the boy to the point of murder.
“Don't, Rusty-James. I'd rather you didn't tell anybody. God knows it's gonna get around soon enough.” He had been acting a little weird ever since he got back. He had a funny look on his face now, so I said, “Sure.
“I just don't see how Casey can stand it. He just hates all this. He's never going to love her.” Travis was remembering some of the stories he'd been hearing around the barn, about the Star Runner, bits and pieces he hadn't paid much ...
Two novels reveal the realities of growing up young and poor in an Oklahoma city, the importance of family and friends during hardship, and the struggle to discover identity apart from society's perceptions.
A Study Guide for S. E. Hinton's "That Was Then, This Is Now," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.
Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.
Burnham tossed his head to one side. “Fucking amazing. Let me see if it can do a lager.” Apparently it could. Burnham typed, it filled, he sipped and nodded. He said, “Well, this just makes the day perfect so far.” Martin replied, “Heh.
So I rewrote the story from the viewpoint of Rusty-James, who is not observant, not intelligent, and yet he still has to convey the identity of the Motorcycle Boy, who is so complex. I'd write a sentence and be proud of it as a writer, ...