Every year we have a Brown Bag "You pick the winners" club at our school which
always generates great buzz for new titles as students share their favorites
not only during club but also in their classroom settings. This year Book
Thief by Zusak, New Moon by Meyer, and Yellow Star by Roy were voted the best
books of the year. To see student thoughts about the books we read, see
http://www.websterawards.blogspot.com/. Other titles that are popular with
students:
City of Ember and sequel, prequel
Anthony Horowitz books
Gary Paulsen books
Twilight
Sisterhood books
Hoot, Flush
James Patterson books
Eragon, Eldest
Uglies, Pretties, Specials
Among the Hidden series
Those are a few that seem to continue to be favorites or are becoming new
favorites.
Bunny Bauernfeind
Reading Specialist
Webster Transitional School
W75N624 Wauwatosa Rd.
Cedarburg, WI 53012
262-376-6513
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:57:52 -0500
From: "Ginny Paisie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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girls: Clique; they've discovered Louise Rennison once I brought it to the
class library; Blister; CON-fidence; Two Princesses of Bamarre; The Wish;
Fearless FBI series
guys: Artemis Fowl (most have read them, some just finding); Pendragon; Spy
High, "On the Run" series by G. Korman;
fantasy lovers: all by Patricia Wrede; Bar Code Tattoo/Rebellion; Gossamer;
Jade Green (horror, actually); girls love Tamora Pierce if they're higher
level readers
Ginny Paisie
Cary NC
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:53:19 -0500
From: Ginny White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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For independent reading, LOTS of my kids are running quickly through
Gordon Korman's Chasing the Falconers series (6 books) followed by
Kidnapped (3 books) - these are really quick fun reads with very
resourceful kid heroes
Perfect - Natasha Friend (I think)
Peter and the Starcatchers & Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry
& Ridley Pearson
The Revealers - Doug Wilhelm
We also have a competition going with the 15 2006-2007 Florida Sunshine
titles for middle school - Peter and The Revealers are among those
titles as was the first of the Falconer series.
I'll check my checkout list tomorrow to see if there's anything else
really hot. One old discovery by an 8th grade girl is Joy in the
Morning (same author as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn). She loved it - set
during WWI, very wholesome romance.
Ginny White
Fernandina Beach Middle (FL)
On Jan 18, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Kim Richard wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am trying to do a quick research project about books that young
> adults are
> reading right now. Anyone who is teaching middle school (6-8) can you
> give
> me a hint as to what is flying off of your shelves right now?
>
> Thanks for your input ... this group of wonderful educators is a great
> resource!
>
> Kim Richard
> University of Connecticut
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:48:39 -0600
From: "Ashli and Paul Andersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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with my students, we are reading Romeo and Juliet, (honors level) Night,
Ender's Game (honor's), The Outsiders, and we will read The Pigman, and
probably Princess Bride (honors).
On their own they are getting into graphic novels and really line realistic
fiction. The girls like those "clique" books that is just about gossip and
boys.
Please let me know if you have any other questins. I hope I helped.
Ashli
I teach 8th grade Reading
On 1/18/07, Kim Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am trying to do a quick research project about books that young adults
> are
> reading right now. Anyone who is teaching middle school (6-8) can you
> give
> me a hint as to what is flying off of your shelves right now?
>
> Thanks for your input ... this group of wonderful educators is a great
> resource!
>
> Kim Richard
> University of Connecticut
>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:07:34 -0700
From: "Lise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
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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
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:15:22 -0600
From: "Barbara Lazar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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There are more "trends" with my girls: Clique Series, The Uglies-The
Pretties-The Specials; TGIF and TTFN; Perfect; Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants series; Sonja Sones' books---
My boys' reading habits are less obvious, but some of the books include:
Hiassen's Hoot and Flush; Flags of My Fathers; Enders Game; Holes; Among the
Hidden series; Walter Dean Meyers' books; William Sleater's books; Gary
Paulsen; assorted graphic novels...
Barb Lazar
(8th grade)
Cleveland Middle School
Albuquerque, NM
> I am trying to do a quick research project about books that young adults
> are
> reading right now. Anyone who is teaching middle school (6-8) can you
> give
> me a hint as to what is flying off of your shelves right now?
>
> Thanks for your input ... this group of wonderful educators is a great
> resource!
>
> Kim Richard
> University of Connecticut
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:39:20 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: [email protected]
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The books that are most requested/checked out in our library right now
Uglies, Pretties
Bluford Books
Who am I without Him?
Eldest (after Eragon-- they all liked the book better than the movie!)
basketball books
manga and anime (we keep those by the checkout desk because they come
and go so quickly)
Susie Highley
Creston Middle School
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:14:34 -0800
From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Lise,
Yes! All my students love A Child Called It! I don't mind. I usually teach
reluctant readers, so if they read that, great! They love anything like that
or diary type. I think they just all love drama :)
On 1/18/07, Lise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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--
- Heather
"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of
man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments
fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out;
new races build others. But in the world of books are
volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet
live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were
written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men
centuries dead." --Clarence Day
"While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little
good evidence exists that there's any educational substance
behind the accountability and testing movement."
?Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds
"When our children fail competency tests the schools lose
funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase
funding. "
?Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:05:03 -0600
From: "Zitlow, Nicole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
<[email protected]>
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Many of my 8th grade girls have become avid readers this year. They are
reading the Clique series, It Happened to Nancy, Dear One, Speak, Cut,
Define Normal, Stargirl, Heartbeat, A Child Called It...they love it...I
have had to replace it at least three times because it keeps
disappearing...
As for my boys...they are very reluctant but I found the book Bottled
Up...pretty strong language but they wouldn't put it down! Also,
Deathwatch and The Boy from the Basement is pretty popular for my boys.
Nikki Zitlow
Reading Specialist
Horning Middle School
2000 Wolf Road
Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262.970.3364
Fax: 262.970.3320
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:53 PM
To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.
Subject: Re: [LIT] What are your young adults reading right now?
For independent reading, LOTS of my kids are running quickly through
Gordon Korman's Chasing the Falconers series (6 books) followed by
Kidnapped (3 books) - these are really quick fun reads with very
resourceful kid heroes
Perfect - Natasha Friend (I think)
Peter and the Starcatchers & Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry
& Ridley Pearson
The Revealers - Doug Wilhelm
We also have a competition going with the 15 2006-2007 Florida Sunshine
titles for middle school - Peter and The Revealers are among those
titles as was the first of the Falconer series.
I'll check my checkout list tomorrow to see if there's anything else
really hot. One old discovery by an 8th grade girl is Joy in the
Morning (same author as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn). She loved it - set
during WWI, very wholesome romance.
Ginny White
Fernandina Beach Middle (FL)
On Jan 18, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Kim Richard wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am trying to do a quick research project about books that young
> adults are
> reading right now. Anyone who is teaching middle school (6-8) can you
> give
> me a hint as to what is flying off of your shelves right now?
>
> Thanks for your input ... this group of wonderful educators is a great
> resource!
>
> Kim Richard
> University of Connecticut
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
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>
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:22:37 -0500
From: "Bill IVEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [LIT] "principles of adolescent literacy reform"
To: [email protected]
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Hi!
This 20-page document is published by NCTE and available at:
http://www.ncte.org/middle
(it's the top link in the central column)
I am always fascinated by the question of motivation, and the article
mentions some comforting findings: that strategy instruction, choosing
diverse texts, and self-selected reading are three of the best practices
to increase motivation.
I realize it can be hard to get a book discussion going mid-year on the
list since we are all so busy. But I would be happy to join with
interested people in a discussion of this article (which has about 12
pages of actual article, as opposed to title page, works cited, etc.) if
anyone is interested. We could read it over the next week, and discuss it
the following week. What do you think?
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:47:54 -0500
From: "PAM HORTON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] "principles of adolescent literacy reform"
To: <[email protected]>
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I would really like to be part of that discussion---I need it at this
time of year.
>>> "Bill IVEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/19/2007 9:22 AM >>>
Hi!
This 20-page document is published by NCTE and available at:
http://www.ncte.org/middle
(it's the top link in the central column)
I am always fascinated by the question of motivation, and the article
mentions some comforting findings: that strategy instruction, choosing
diverse texts, and self-selected reading are three of the best
practices
to increase motivation.
I realize it can be hard to get a book discussion going mid-year on
the
list since we are all so busy. But I would be happy to join with
interested people in a discussion of this article (which has about 12
pages of actual article, as opposed to title page, works cited, etc.)
if
anyone is interested. We could read it over the next week, and discuss
it
the following week. What do you think?
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:51:58 -0800
From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIT] "principles of adolescent literacy reform"
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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I would LOVE to read this and discuss it!
On 1/19/07, Bill IVEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> This 20-page document is published by NCTE and available at:
> http://www.ncte.org/middle
> (it's the top link in the central column)
>
> I am always fascinated by the question of motivation, and the article
> mentions some comforting findings: that strategy instruction, choosing
> diverse texts, and self-selected reading are three of the best practices
> to increase motivation.
>
> I realize it can be hard to get a book discussion going mid-year on the
> list since we are all so busy. But I would be happy to join with
> interested people in a discussion of this article (which has about 12
> pages of actual article, as opposed to title page, works cited, etc.) if
> anyone is interested. We could read it over the next week, and discuss it
> the following week. What do you think?
>
> Take care,
> Bill Ivey
> Stoneleigh-Burnham School
>
>
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--
- Heather
"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of
man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments
fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out;
new races build others. But in the world of books are
volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet
live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were
written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men
centuries dead." --Clarence Day
"While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little
good evidence exists that there's any educational substance
behind the accountability and testing movement."
?Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds
"When our children fail competency tests the schools lose
funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase
funding. "
?Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate
------------------------------
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