One Book, One School

One Book, One School


June 2026 - Letter from Mr. Claybourn


Video Links:

2026.6.4 Castle Connection OBOS Launch

2026.7.1 Castle Connection Reading Launch


Reading Plan:

July 1st - Start Reading!
Challenge1: Share your reading with sterlinghighschoolbiu by sharing your unique reading location. Think Flat Stanley.  Prices for most unique reading locations.  Keep it clean and school appropriate. 

Challenge 2: This or That

Challenge 3: Anticipation Guide Discussion Sep 3


Audio Version:
Our Teachers have volunteered to create audio access to the test

Segment By Wes Start Page End Page Suggested Stopping Point Reader
1 1 1 4 Part 1 - Interview discussion M. Carty
2 2 5 11 The other was when I watched him die. L. Covington
3 11 16 "Daddy are you going to come with us?" L. Covington
4 3 16 23 Education was her escape in more ways than one. J. Barringer
5 23 25 End of Chapter One J. Barringer
6 4 29 32 Wes was running home. J. Elmore
7 32 35 By the time she did, she had bigger things to worry about. J. Phillips
8 5 35 37 It already felt like a past life. S. Jordan
9 37 42 I continued to spin the ball on my finger. S. Jordan
10 42 45 End of Chapter 2 S. Jordan
11 6 46 55 Justin laced up his sneakers and boarded the train preparing for his run home. C. DelBorrello
12 7 55 59 You could be in jail or dead in a matter of months. C. DelBorrello
13 59 62 End of Chapter 3 K.O'Donnell
14 8 63 67 Part 2 - Interview discussion  Choices and Second Chances P 65-67 M. Carty
15 9 69 75 …Mary a thirty-siz-year-old grandmother - had been right. K.O'Donnell
16 10 75 79 …fortunately, I never saw her brother again. F. D'Errico
17 79 84 End of Chapter 4
18 11 85 89 But once alone, we both started to cry.
19 89 97 He wants to talk to you.
20 12 97 102 He never answered his father's question. R. Ravior
21 102 107 End of Chapter 5 R. Ravior
22 13 108 114 Wes continued to plead his case as the police read him his rights. F. Verderose
23 14 114 118 …but I wondered if it was just an illusion. F. Verderose
24 118 122 End of Part 2
25 15 123 127 Part 3 - Interview discussion
26 16 129 133 I wanted to lead soldiers. R.Considine
27 133 137 …staring intently at the horizon. R. Considine
28 17 137 140 He sure doesn't spend any time in West Baltimore.
29 140 145 End of Chapter 7
30 18 146 153 Quickly.
31 153 157 Finally, he could see his future.
32 19 157 162 …he archway leading me back into the waiting area. Sukinik
33 162 168 …all at once made perfect sense. Sukinik
34 168 171 End of Chapter 8
35 20 173 176 She was 24 years old.
36 21 176 180 End of Epilogue
37 22 181 183 Full Afterword

 

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