Area tutoring company outsources Web makeover The new home page not only explains her business, it also features several links to information...
Kane County Chronicle
Extra study time, better study habits can reduce test anxiety Preparing for and taking tests can be a stressful event for school-aged children...
Michelle
"There has been a definite change in Kevin’s attitude – he’s more eager to learn and I can see the progress he’s making. I like having the tutors come to me. There are fewer distractions at home and it’s easier for Kevin to focus.”
Kathleen
"Marty's algebra teacher says she sees a huge improvement since we started tutoring."
The Abraham Lincoln Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve.
Past Winners of the Caudill Award
2006 - Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2005 - Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
2004 - Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
2003 - Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
2002 - Holes by Louis Sachar
2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
2000 - Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
1999 - Frindle by Andrew Clements
1998 - Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
1997 - The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
1996 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
1995 - Flight #116 is Down by Caroline Cooney
1994 - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 - Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
1992 - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1991 - Matilda by Roald Dahl
1990 - Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
1989 - The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
1988 - Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
2006 Abraham Lincoln IHSBA MASTER READING LIST
BATTLE OF JERICHO Sharon Draper
CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE Mona Golabek
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG Mark Haddon
IN THE NIGHT-TIME
EARTH, MY BUTT & OTHER BIG Carolyn Mackler
ROUND THINGS
EYRE AFFAIR Jasper Fforde
FIRST PART LAST Angela Johnson
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Tracy Chevalier
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY Janet Tashjian
INSIDE OUT Terry Trueman
KING OF THE MILD FRONTIER: Chris Crutcher
AN ILL-ADVISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KITE RUNNER Khaled Hosseini
MORTAL ENGINES Philip Reeve
MOTHER, COME HOME Paul Hornschemeier
MY SISTER’S KEEPER Jodi Picoult
ODD THOMAS Dean Koontz
RAINBOW BOYS Alex Sanchez
STARGIRL Jerry Spinelli
STIFF: THE CURIOUS Mary Roach
LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS
SWEETBLOOD: A VAMPIRE NOVEL Pete Hautman
TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER Sarah Dessen
USUAL RULES Joyce Maynard
YOU REMIND ME OF YOU: A Eireann Corrigan
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