This installment of our Socratic Seminar recommendations is the novel Peak by Roland Smith. This book is the first of a three-volume series, which also includes The Edge, Ascent, and Descent. This series has won many awards, including the ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, booklist Editors' Choice, National Book award, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. The SEL themes of this selection are overcoming obstacles and perseverance, feelings of rejection, goal setting, courage, and flexible thinking.
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