New Releases by K. L. Denman

Kira is best friends with Brigid, a girl who has the strange ability to take someone''s hand and visit the past lives of their ancestors. When an accident kills Laney while Brigid was giving her a "reading," Brigid becomes trapped in the past. Doctors think Brigid is in a coma but Kira knows she must find a way to save her. She discovers that the only way to pull Brigid out of the trance is to connect her to one of Laney''s blood relatives. The only problem? Laney was adopted. With the help of Laney''s family friend, Kira must track down the truth about Laney''s birth family before it''s too late. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don''t like to read!

Julie survived a horrific car accident, but she has no memory of the event or the boyfriend who was with her in the car. He disappeared, and she is diagnosed with PTSD. Her doctor recommends a therapy animal, and Julie chooses to get a horse. Julie''s experience with horses is limited, but it''s empowering to finally be involved in life again, and her symptoms abate. However, she has a lot to learn, and when the riding coach gives confusing lessons, Julie is thrown off balance, both emotionally and in the saddle. The improvement she''d begun to experience with PTSD symptoms is lost, and her nightmares return. Can Julie and the horse recover and heal their broken spirits? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Sixteen-year-old Declan dreams of becoming a professional reporter, but he''s still in high school, and as the editor of his school paper, he covers school dances ? not exactly ?news.? He gets his chance for a big scoop when another student shows him part of an email written by the principal that discusses implanting students with microchips. Declan, outraged at the idea, publishes the story online without taking the time to do any additional research or fact checking. The story goes viral. Unfortunately, it''s also wrong. His mistake gets him suspended from school, and causes him to question the role of the media and his prospects for the future.

In this high-interest novel for middle readers, boy-crazy Kiara convinces studious Jane to create a questionnaire to help find her soulmate.

When a stink bomb at school provides Angus with a chance to talk to Ella Eckles, he claims to share her interest in reading facial expressions. He tells her he plans to become a crime-solving mentalist. When Ella’s treasured sketchbook is stolen, she asks Angus to find the thief. Angus knows he should confess that he’s not a mentalist, but the appeal of becoming Ella’s hero is far too strong. Angus decides to teach himself the arts of the mentalist and almost goes mental himself.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.