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A Hard ChoiceAre you looking for an engaging and educational resource for young readers? Look no further than 'A Hard Choice', a captivating narrative that introduces students to the important themes of resilience and decision making during times of crisis. Written in 2019 and published by ECPP, this brand new edition is specifically designed for Year levels 1 to 3, making it ideal for teachers and parents seeking quality children's literature. Set against the
Are you looking for an engaging and educational resource for young readers? Look no further than 'A Hard Choice', a captivating narrative that introduces students to the important themes of resilience and decision-making during times of crisis. Written in 2019 and published by ECPP, this brand new edition is specifically designed for Year levels 1 to 3, making it ideal for teachers and parents seeking quality children's literature. Set against the backdrop of a bushfire, the story follows young Carlos as he navigates difficult choices when his dad leaves to fight a fire. This powerful tale emphasizes the importance of understanding risks, community support, and evaluating what truly matters when disaster strikes.'A Hard Choice' features a reading level of 29, ensuring it is accessible yet challenging enough for developing readers. It comes packed with content vocabulary that aligns with the Civics and Citizenship curriculum, focusing on critical concepts such as bravery, risk assessment, and value systems in the face of emergencies. The narrative is complemented by high-frequency words that enhance language acquisition while supporting phonics development.
For educators, this book is part of the Flying Start to Literacy series, a well-respected program that aids in systematic literacy instruction. With accompanying lesson plans focused on bushfire themes, you'll not only provide your students with a great read but also instill vital life lessons on facing challenges.
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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781743201633
Year: 2019
Publisher: ECPP
Pages: 28
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About this text:Title:A Hard Choice Synopsis:  When Dad goes off to fight a bushfire, Carlos doesn’t expect that by the end of the day he will have to make some hard choices. A Hard Choice explores what is really important to people when disaster strikes. Year level(s): 1  2  3 Reading level: 29 Text type: Narrative Curriculum link: Civics and Citizenship: Facing challenges Content vocabulary: control firefighter fire spotters flying embers inferno risk smoke volunteers water tank High frequency words: Key concepts: Bushfires are naturally occurring events that have a serious impact on people, plants and animals. When faced with disaster, people must decide what is most valuable to them. Reading strategies: Identifying characters’ traits and motivations Phonics: Representations of the short /i/ sound as in system, whistling Paired text: Bushfires Supporting material: Lesson Plan - Bushfires / A Hard Choice Series: Flying Start to Literacy Alternative purchasing options: This title is available in one of several value packs. Speak to your Oxford Education consultant today to learn more www.oup.com.au/contact Digital sample pages: can be viewed at www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au/online-sample Series information: Flying Start to Literacy is an award-winning comprehensive literacy program. It reflects best practice in literacy instruction and supports the systematic development of students’ reading strategies and skills. Each Student Book is part of connected pair, a narrative book and an informative book, both presenting the same key concepts and vocabulary. These titles ha
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★★★★★ 5
Wonderful middle grade book
Format: Hardcover
This book is part historical fiction and part sci-fi. I bought because we like getting the Newberry award winner every year. We loved this story. It was fun read a book placed when I was kid and see/show my kids how much the world has changed, but it also had a fun time travel element. This coming of age follows a kid and his worries about Y2k. He deals with the death of a friend and worries about everything. We loved this story and it's special sections back i to the future making it easy to believe that time travel is real.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Fantastic
Format: Kindle
Time travel books are fun. You have to wrap your head around how they work out in the end. This time travel book sort of sneaks up on you, in that other things are going on while Ridge, the time traveler, is checking out 1999.
For those who were alive in 1999, we all worried about Y2K, when all the computers would stop working. Scientists worked hard to make sure that it wouldn’t, and at the time, only one bank had trouble after the new year began. Other than that, we were all fine, and life went on.
Micheal, is obsessed with Y2K, and when he learns that Ridge is from the future, it is all he wants to know about, and Ridge can’t tell him, as the event is too close. He can tell him how he got his name, and a little about how life is like in the future, but that is about it.
But Ridge is the first time traveler, and he has no idea if anything he says will change things, so he has to be very careful. He has no idea what he will find when she returns home, and so worries about everything he says.
I really enjoyed this book. I marked several passages that spoke to me. And even the title is such a good thing to bring up and explain, in that it means living in the present time. Not worrying about the future or the past.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Not my favorite genre however the book is written really well and my students who love fantasy loved this book
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Brilliant
Format: Hardcover
The First State of Being is a brilliant, highly readable middle grade book from the QUEEN of character-driven middle grade literature. This expansive sci-fi feels at once introspective and cinematic, leaping off the page like something made for a movie. This book will help young people and all readers reflect on our past and future as a human community, especially in terms of health advances, animal extinction, and the potential for technological development. It also highlights the love and fight in a mother and the need to view life through a positive lens by focusing most on the present, not our past or future.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Which Came First?
Format: Hardcover
Of course this won the Newberry award. From the first word, it reminded me of Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista. A plot so different and imaginative that you wonder how anyone could have thought of it and then carried it out. It's a story of a young boy who is trying to take care of the single mother who seems unable to take care of the family, through no fault of her own. It's a sci-fi fantasy. And it's a story of taking care of each other. At the totally satisfying end I found myself wondering about the chicken and the egg. Thinking I may have to read this one again to see if I can figure it out.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025