cell phones

Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.

After finally getting a cell phone, Babymouse tries to increase her popularity in middle school by becoming the queen of social media.

"Teaches young readers how to program their own apps. With a focus on problem-solving and helping one another, this book is a great introduction to important coding concepts."--.

Fourteen-year-old Jeff Allen, cancer survivor, is not sure which problem facing him is more troubling, dealing with a prosthetic leg or replacing the cell phones that were destroyed by the monsters his parents do not believe in; but when he offers to work at Mr Ogilvie's store (for a phone) he encounters the Nosferatu cell phones with a killer app--literally, because it causes people who use it to become raging lunatics with a vampiric thirst for blood.

"Teaches young readers how to program their own apps. With a focus on problem-solving and helping one another, this book is a great introduction to important coding concepts."--.

Explores pros and cons of several issues related to cell phones including; effects on relationships, addictive habits, and child use. Aligns with Common Core Language Arts Anchor Standards for Reading Informational Text, Speaking and Listening. Text contains critical thinking components and argumentative techniques for social issues and history. Includes bibliography, glossary, index, additional resources and instructions for writing an opinion-based essay.

Charlie Joe Jackson's tough best friend Katie Friedman tries to convince her fellow middle schoolers to give up their cell phones for a week.

Examines the issues surrounding the use of mobile devices and their affect on society.

Today, a machine that fits in a pocket can be used to contact anyone on Earth - and even in space! But how did people communicate in the past?.