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This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year—and ultimately a global pandemic.
Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice?
Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they experience no only their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their spring semester upside down. From life in the Ivy League to classes at a community college, readers follow these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home.
Jennifer Miller writes a compelling eye-opening, and poignant true story that speaks to new beginnings, coming-of-age, and perseverance.
Book Genres Autobiography/Biography, Narrative Nonfiction
Canadian Rights Yes
Dewey 378.1
Title alpha Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year
Level Nonfiction High Plus
Pages Count 352
Genre Nonfiction
Topics First-generation college students. US college freshmen. Students with social disabilities. Higher education in the United States. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.
Lexile 810L
Trim Size 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2023-03-27
JLG Release Date Jun 2023
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Nonfiction High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
Nonfiction High Plus
Nonfiction High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
In today's classroom, Common Core is king and this level helps support the need for quality nonfiction for teen readers. These stimulating informational texts invite teen readers to question assumptions and engage in high-order thinking while providing examples of excellence in research and presentation. The 14 books in this category will attract browsers as well as report-writers. May include some books written for adults.
14 books per Year
$302.40 per Year
Interests
Diversity, Mature Readers, Nonfiction, Biographies, History
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