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Sticks and Stones

ebook
2 of 2 copies available
2 of 2 copies available

Jujube is thrilled when Brent asks her out.

She is not so happy when the rumors start flying at school. Pretty soon her name is showing up on bathroom walls and everyone is whispering behind her back. When her mother gets involved, Jujube's reputation takes another hit. Deciding that someone has to take a stand, Jujube gathers all the other girls who have been labelled sluts—and worse—and tries to impress on her fellow students the damaging effects words can have on a person

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible. Available in Spanish as El qué dirán.

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  • Accessibility

    The publisher provides the following statement about the accessibility of the EPUB file supplied to OverDrive. Experiences may vary across reading systems. After borrowing the book, you may download the EPUB files to read in another reading system.

    Summary

    This title is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as table of content, page-list, landmark, reading order, Structural Navigation, and semantic structure. This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA. There is a page list and embedded page-breaks within this EPUB to aid in the ability to go to a specific page.

    Ways Of Reading

    • Appearance of the text and page layout can be modified according to the capabilities of the reading system (font family and font size, spaces between paragraphs, sentences, words, and letters, as well as color of background and text).

    • All content can be read as read aloud speech or dynamic braille.

    • Has alternative text descriptions for images.

    Conformance

    • The publication contains a conformance statement that it meets the EPUB Accessibility and WCAG 2 Level AA standard.

    • The publication was certified by Benetech via eBOUND Canada.

    • The certifier's credential is https://bornaccessible.org.

    • This publication claims to meet EPUB Accessibility 1.1 WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

    Navigation

    • Table of contents to all chapters of the text via links.

    • Elements such as headings, tables, etc for structured navigation.

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    • Information-rich images are described by extended descriptions.

    Additional Information

    • Page breaks included

    • High contrast between text and background

    • Text-to-speech hinting provided

    • Color is not the sole means of conveying information

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  • OverDrive Read
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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.6
  • Lexile® Measure:430
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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