{"id":5655,"date":"2022-10-18T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:16:02","slug":"hi-lo-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/2022\/10\/18\/hi-lo-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Hi-lo Books in French & English – Livres Hi-lo accessibles en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vous trouverez ci-dessous une s\u00e9lection de ressources p\u00e9dagogiques pour l’enseignement du fran\u00e7ais et de l’anglais, avec des livres Hi-lo faciles \u00e0 lire, c’est-\u00e0-dire des livres \u00e0 fort int\u00e9r\u00eat, \u00e0 faible niveau de lecture ou \u00e0 faible vocabulaire.<\/p>\n

Pour apprendre comment effectuer une recherche de ressources suppl\u00e9mentaires, veuillez consulter la section \u00ab Trouver d\u2019autres ressources \u00bb au bas de la page.<\/p>\n

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Below is a selection of teacher resources for teaching French & English, with easy-to-read Hi-lo books that are high interest-low reading level or low vocabulary books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To learn how to search for more resources, please see the \u201cFinding More Resources\u201d section at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

Hi-Lo Reading Books – Livres de lecture Hi-Lo
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\"\"<\/a>Betting Game<\/a>
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by Heather M. O’Connor.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack\u2019s a star player on an elite soccer team along with his brother, Alex. When a bookie introduces Jack to illegal betting, Jack goes down a slippery slope and is forced to choose between the National Championship and a gut-kicking ten grand. But can he betray his brother, his team, and himself?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Camped Out<\/a>
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by Daphne Greer<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents
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As the sequel to Maxed Out, Max really wants to go to summer camp to get a break from his autistic brother Duncan and his mom’s new boyfriend. When his mom finally lets him, he can only go with one catch: he has to bring Duncan with him.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He Who Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n

by Melanie Florence.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 12+ by Orca Limelights
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When John witnesses a powerful performance at the powwow, he wants to become a dancer more than anything… but that means John must find a way to balance and embrace both the Irish and Cree sides of his heritage.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Vive le poulet!<\/a><\/em>
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by Mahtab Narsimhan; traduit de l’anglais par Rachel Martinez.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents
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Mais elle ne se sent plus vraiment comme une \u00e9trang\u00e8re. Elle aime sa nouvelle \u00e9cole et elle a enfin une amie. Par contre, quand sa m\u00e8re se propose pour cuisiner pour la f\u00eate-b\u00e9n\u00e9fice annuelle de l\u2019\u00e9cole, Shivani est s\u00fbre qu\u2019elle deviendra la ris\u00e9e de tout le monde. Qu\u2019est-ce qui arrivera si sa m\u00e8re d\u00e9cide de pr\u00e9parer un de ses \u00ab plats qui puent \u00bb ? Shivani adore la cuisine indienne, mais pas question d\u2019en manger devant ses amis.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Les casse-cous<\/a><\/em>
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by Pam Withers
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Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents
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Les Casse-Cous<\/em> doivent fair sept coups d’audace avant que leur rivaux, les Sauvages, n’en fassent autant. Avant un accident o\u00f9 il a perdu l’usage de sa jambe gauche, Kip \u00e9tait le leader des Casse-Cous. Il a maintenant de la difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9ussir les coups et il soupconne que les autres membres veulent l’exclure du club. \u00c0 mesure que les coups deviennent plus difficiles, les Casse-Cous tentent de convaincre Kip qu’il ne sera peut-\u00eatre pas \u00e0 la hauteur. Kip refuse d’abandonner m\u00eame s’il sait que ses amis ont probablement raison.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Frappe\u0301e par la foudre<\/a><\/em>
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by Deb Loughead
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Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents
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La vie de Claire a besoin d’un changement radical. Elle coule en math, sa m\u00e8re d\u00e9prim\u00e9e ne veut pas se lever du sofa et le gars de ses r\u00eaves est avec sa rivale Lucy. Au moment o\u00f9 Claire fait le souhait d’une vie meilleure, la foudre frappe. Bient\u00f4t sa vie se transforme et Claire obtient tout ce qu’elle a souhait\u00e9. Elle se demande bient\u00f4t si le prix \u00e0 payer pour cette chance n’est pas trop \u00e9lev\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A fond la Planche!<\/a><\/em>
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by Eric Walters
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Interest age: 12+ by Orca Soundings
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Pour Phillip, le skate, c’est toute sa vie. L’\u00e9cole est simplement un interm\u00e8de entre les s\u00e9ances de skate o\u00f9 il essaie des sauts difficiles et d\u00e9joue les gardiens de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Lorsque son meilleur ami Wally et lui rencontrent un skater professionnel qui fait des vid\u00e9os pour son site Web, Phillip pense qu’ils peuvent faire la m\u00eame chose, et faire de l\u2019argent en m\u00eame temps. Lorsque leur site Web devient populaire, et leur rapporte de l’argent, ils se sentent oblig\u00e9s de faire des cascades de plus en plus dangereuses.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jungle Jitters<\/a>
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by Lisa Dalrymple.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents
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Even though he’s secretly terrified of deep water, Tate wants to shake his boring reputation, so he agrees to travel with his class up the Amazon River to help build a village school, only to find that there are even scarier things than anacondas lurking in the jungles of South America…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lands<\/a>
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by David Almond.<\/p>\n

Interest age: not specified by Barrington Stoke Teen. Dyslexia-friendly
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When a German refugee moves to a small English town in the aftermath of World War II, he is an outsider. The gang decide to take Klaus under their wing, but their increasingly hateful pranks cause Klaus to question their actions. This short novel has spaced out text on cream-coloured paper and some illustrations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> <\/em>Learning to Fly<\/a>
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by Paul Yee.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 12+ by Orca Soundings
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Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded Ontario town with his mother and younger brother. Holding on to his friendship with an Indigenous boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> <\/em>Manga Touch<\/a>
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by Jacqueline Pearce.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 9-12 by Orca Currents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dana is certain she will be less of an outsider on her school trip to Japan, home of manga and anime. But fitting in with a foreign culture is harder than she thought and as she learns to make some friends, some people make every effort to remind her that she’s still an outsider.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One Last Job<\/a>
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by<\/span> Sean Rodman.
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Interest age: 12+ by Orca Anchor. Dyslexia-friendly
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Michael has to look after his grandfather, a retired burglar with a lifetime of criminal knowledge. When a thief steals a necklace with great sentimental value, the unlikely pair team up, combining old-school planning and modern tech to track down the necklace\u2014and try to steal it back.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Unbroken Hearts Club<\/a>
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by Brooke Carter.
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Interest age: 12+ by Orca Soundings<\/strong><\/p>\n

After her mom died of Huntington’s disease, Logan’s dad hosts a bereavement group in their basement. Logan agrees to help her dad out with these sad “Broken Hearts Club” meetings, unaware of the effect the group will have on her as she struggles to find meaning in her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wicket Season<\/a>
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by Gabrielle Prendergast.<\/p>\n

Interest age: 10-13 by Lorimer Sports Series
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In Winnipeg, Harry was a cricket star. But when he moves to Toronto’s Little Jamaica to stay with his grandfather, Harry is suddenly just another West Indian kid who loves cricket. Harry soon realizes that being a part of a bigger community can be more rewarding than standing out on your own.<\/p>\n

Resource Guides<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Orca Publishers offers free teacher guides with book summaries, author biographies, and literacy activities to connect the text and themes of each book with the school curriculum. Resource guides are also available online or in print for books published up to 2010 by searching Orca Resource Guide on our Library website.<\/p>\n

Livres bilingues et lecteurs faciles pour les \u00e9l\u00e8ves
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Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: French \u2013 Livres bilingues et multilingues : fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

Easy and Level Readers \u2013 Lecteurs faciles (fran\u00e7ais)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trouver d\u2019autres ressources<\/h4>\n

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