My 6th graders read the Phantom Tollbooth and we're about to start Seedfolks as our next lit study. My 7/8th graders (we have multiage classes) read Bronx Masquerade and will be reading Bull Run as a lit study. I teach integrated LA/SS so my lit studies are usually attached to our Expeditions.
I can't say that any one book is flying off the shelves of my room as their tastes are as varied as their moods. My 6th graders have really been into James Howe's Bunnicula series (he has a new one out) and the Misfits. Ben Mikelson and Louis Sacher have been popular. My 7/8th graders had a teacher who was totally oblivious to YA literature and so they are at best reluctant readers. Walter Dean Myers and Small Steps by Louis Sacher have been popular, The Sisterhood books, Twilight and New Moon have been popular with some of my girls. Accidental Love by Gary Soto has been a big hit as well. Do your kids read a Child Called It? My students somehow manage to get their hands on it and write in their response notebooks that it is their favorite book. I just can't figure it out. The content doesn't bother me nearly as much as the fact that it is really awful writing. I feel the same way about Chicken Soup books. I wish I could find some books with the kind of drama that attracts them that has some literary value. I'd love any suggestions if you have them. Lise _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
