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What Is Real by Karen Rivers. When Dex Pratt returns to his small-town life to care for his wheelchair-bound father, he finds his world turned upside down and goes to extreme measures in order to cope.

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APRIL 2011
It's that fantastic time of year when we get to shake off winter and prepare for a bright new crop of spring titles. Here's the latest news from Orca Book Publishers.
It's here! 
Dex TrailerWhat Is Real? Orca's first ever book trailer, that's what. Karen Rivers's 
What Is Real won't be hitting the shelves until May, but to celebrate the launch of the trailer we're giving away ten advance reading copies. Want to get your hands on one? Here's how: 

1. Go to www.TheDexBlog.com to watch the trailer.

 

2. Share it with your friends (or any angsty teenager in your life). Just paste a link to www.TheDexBlog.com on Facebook or Twitter, or grab the video code from YouTube and paste it on your own blog or website.

 

3. Let us know! Send an email to michelle@orcabook.com stating how you shared the trailer. The first ten people to respond will win a copy of What Is Real.
Guiding your readers... 

We often have people ask about book levels. Orca Book Publishers chose the Fry Readability level because it is relatively simple to understand and is a basic measure of word and sentence length. Here are Reading Level FAQs: 

 

Cover of Gravity CheckAre all Orca titles leveled?  No. Orca publishes several series aimed at reluctant readers and these titles are leveled right away - the level is actually printed on the back of each book. Leveled series include: Orca Currents, Orca Soundings and Orca Sports... [read more]

 

What does it mean when a book does not show a level online, on the book or in the catalog?

It means the book is an "at-level" title. We always list the age group the book is aimed at... [read more]

 

Hope this helps.


 
Shout out...

Cover of BenchedWe love hearing how teachers use Orca books in their classrooms. But here's a great idea for outside the classroom. Mary Jane Matcham from Spring Grove Intermediate School has made it easy for her students to keep reading this summer. She is sending all her students home with access to the new Orca Currents Digital Subscription. Every student has online access to titles in the series all summer long. 

 

A new home for Elliot and Pierre...
Cover of Pierre Le Poof!

Your favorite moose and pooch have a brand new website. Play puzzles and games with Elliot Moose, download printable pages and watch a timelapse animation of Pierre Le Poof coming to life. Check out all the fun at www.andreabeck.com  

 

Awards and Reviews...

Cover of The Salmon Bears

Party in the G.B.R. (Great Bear Rainforest, that is.) The Salmon Bears has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize Christie Harris Award! 

See the full list of nominated titles. 

 

ALA Popular Paperbacks: Norah McClintock's Taken has been nominated in this year's 
"adventure seekers" category.

 

Two Orca spring titles received starred reviews in Quill & Quire. Of Today, Maybe, Q&Q said, "As evocative and mysterious as a traditional fairy tale, Today, Maybe is an unusual picturebook with strong emotional impact." Read an excerpt from Today, Maybe.

 

Cover of Better Than WeirdAnd of Better Than Weird, Q&Q said, "Aaron doesn't know his father at all. He is both excited and terrified by the impending reunion - and so are we...Kerz is brilliant at describing these challenges from Aaron's perspective...It's a messy and far from perfect outcome for Aaron, but after spending time with his own messy imperfections, we wouldn't have it any other way."

 

Cover of If You Live Like MeIf You Live Like Me (Lobster Press) by Lori Weber has been selected for the 2011 International Reading Association's Young Adults' Choices reading list. It was also selected for the Cooperative Children's Book Centre's "2010 Choices" list and for the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens. 

 

 

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This month's featured title is What Is Real by Karen Rivers. When Dex Pratt returns to his small-town life to care for his wheelchair-bound father, he finds his world turned upside down and goes to extreme measures in order to cope. To read an excerpt or to watch the book trailer, visit  www.TheDexBlog.com. 

What Is Real won't hit bookstore shelves until May 2011. Pre-order it now to receive 25% off the print or Ebook edition! Enter promo code APRILNEWS at checkout.
Offer Expires: May 31, 2011