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Garden Heights

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Restart — Gordon Korman
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

Restart

a novel by Gordon Korman
Chase Ambrose falls off a roof, wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of his own name, and slowly discovers that the boy he used to be was his school’s most feared bully. Handed a once-in-a-lifetime restart, Chase has to decide whether a person is what he did or what he does next — while the classmates he tormented decide whether to believe the change. Gordon Korman (author) tells the story through rotating first-person narrators, so every chapter tests the new Chase against someone else’s memory of the old one. These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel, with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, SAT & TOEFL-style practice, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.
Level 6Interactive & auto-gradedCLIL-based
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Level 6 · Expert ReadersUS Grades 7–8Lexile 730LAR (ATOS) 5.1
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Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🧠 The Brain — Memory, Concussion & Identity
What a traumatic brain injury really does — amnesia, concussion science, and how memory builds a self — joined to the social science of middle school: how bullying works, how reputations harden, and what making genuine amends actually requires.
SUPPORTING
🎥 Video Journalism
How a school video club really works — interviews, editing, and documentary storytelling — and why pointing a camera at a person changes what everyone sees.
SUPPORTING
🎖 A Korean War Veteran’s Story
The generation behind Mr. Solway — the Korean War (1950–1953), what military honors mean, and why recording veterans’ memories matters before those memories are gone.
8-Part Novel Study
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PT1
Part 1 · Chapters 1–4
A Fall Off a Roof • Waking Up with No Memory, Not Even a Name • Going Home to a Family That Seems Nervous Around You
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT2
Part 2 · Chapters 5–8
Back in the Hallways • Football Heroes and Frightened Classmates • Why Does a Little Half Sister Hide from Her Own Brother?
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT3
Part 3 · Chapters 9–12
Community-Service Hours at the Senior Center • A Cranky Resident Named Mr. Solway • The Video Club Gets an Unexpected New Member
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT4
Part 4 · Chapters 13–16
Learning the Camera • Shoshanna Weber’s One-Girl Campaign Against Chase • Flashes of Memory That Don’t Match the New Chase
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT5
Part 5 · Chapters 17–20
Old Friends Want Their Leader Back • Two Versions of Chase Compete for One Body • An Interview Project That Starts to Matter
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT6
Part 6 · Chapters 21–24
The Past Comes Into Focus • What the Old Chase Did to the Weber Twins • Can a New Self Survive Meeting the Old One?
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT7
Part 7 · Chapters 25–27
One Night Threatens Everything Chase Has Rebuilt • Friends, Teammates, and a Whole School Take Sides • The Hardest Choice Yet
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWriting
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PT8
Part 8 · Chapters 28–30
The Video Contest Deadline • A Promise Kept to Mr. Solway • What a Restart Really Costs — and What It’s Worth
VocabularyComprehensionLiterary ElementsThink DeeperStandardized TestWritingReport Card
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