The Other Half of Happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel, is a Pura Belpré Honor Award, a literary award for books that best portray...

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling has SEL themes that relate to all three grades for Emozi®...

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick is a New...

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle was selected as a mentor text for grade 6 of Emozi® Middle School because it is a...

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed was selected as a mentor text for grade 7 of Emozi® Middle School because it is a story about...

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park contains the SEL themes of cultural competence, dealing with challenges such as loss and...

 A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is an award-winning young adult novel. We use it as the mentor text in Emozi® Middle...

The American Library Association considers Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñez Ryan one of the top 10 books for young adults. This...

Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, is used in the Emozi® Middle School Grade 6 as a mentor text for the Socratic Seminar....

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a young adult novel and winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award...