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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

For Students 5th - 8th
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with a foster family, the Hubermanns, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in the late 1930s. She arrives with few possessions, but among them is The Grave Digger's...
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Mahfouz: The Thief and the Dogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs, including historical background, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit with project ideas and essay topics. A radio show, with transcripts, features excerpts from...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

For Students 5th - 7th
On the first day of summer, 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that he is a demigod. He joins Camp Half-Blood, where he learns the skills required to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt. Selected (7) reading...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: The Lightning Thief Discussion Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Book summary and discussion guide for The Lightning Thief. Printable Student Handout available along with suggested answers.
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eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: The New Kid and the Cookie Thief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "The New Kid and the Cookie Thief", written by Lisa McCourt and Mary Young. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Appu Series: The Truthful Thief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "The Truthful Thief", written by Appu Series. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 4: The Lightning Thief: Unit Files

For Teachers 4th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Lightning Thief.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Lightning Thief Review From the New York Times" Visualization

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Polly Shulman's review of The Lightning Thief published in the New York Times. Quotations from the text are blue while summaries are red, and the reviewer's...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Thief" by Maurice Baring

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Thief" by Maurice Baring. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Thief" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Thief" by Guy de Maupassant. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Thief in the Night" by e.w. Hornung

For Students 7th - 9th
A.J. Raffles is a character developed by E.W. Hornung who appears in most of his short stories. Raffles is the very definition of a smooth criminal and a master cricket player. Read several of the short stories containing Raffles in the...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Colonel and the Horse Thief by Rex Ellingwood Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Colonel and the Horse-Thief" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Book Thief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Australian novel was pulished in the U.S. in 2006. This young adult fiction novel looks at the life of a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany. Read about the characters, themes and quotations from the novel in this...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Books Authors: Rick Riordan

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about Rick Riordan's biography the author of children's books such as The Lightning Thief with Percy Jackson on this website.
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Website
Other

Official Site of Rick Riordan: Teacher's Guides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lots of downloadable teacher guides to accompany Rick Riordan's books.
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Website
Other

Read Riordan: Official Web Page

For Students 4th - 8th
This is the official site for Rick Riordan which offers articles and quizzes about his books including Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1888). It tells the story of a young girl who discovers a burglar in the house and persuades the thief to...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The False Faces by Louis Joseph Vance

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The False Faces by Louis Joseph Vance. This is the second book in the Lone Wolf series. Michael Lanyard had turned his back on his career as gentleman-thief and started a respectable life when World War...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the British novel The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins in which a gentleman born in the higher ranks of life is accused of being a thief.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site contains links to selected poetry of John Milton. The poems also contain notations.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Amateur Cracksman by e.w. Hornung

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Amateur Cracksman" by E.W. Hornung about A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in Victorian Great Britain.