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In his short story, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. makes fun of the goal of equality. He creates a society where people are born with different abilities but are deliberately handicapped by the government to make them the same and prevent competition. Cover your ears while you learn this list, because you might get hurt if you get too smart. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Grant and Lee, Harrison Bergeron, The Giver, Banned Books Week, Fatal Text Message, Distracted Driving, How the Brain Reacts, Cellphones and driving

In this action-packed adventure story, a domesticated dog must shed his civilized ways to become a proper sled dog during the Yukon Gold Rush.

In this groundbreaking novel, Dr. Victor Frankenstein works feverishly to bring an inanimate creature to life — but when he finally succeeds, he is horrified by what he has unleashed.