??? I agree that the Book Thief would be hard for most seventh graders. I had one student who tried it but abandoned it about half way through. I've been reading a lot in this muggy, rainy weather. Annie Between the States (Civil War) by L.M. Elliott is one. I enjoyed it, but it is long for many eighth graders.
I also read Sea of Monsters and enjoyed it. I couldn't keep the first two books in this series on the shelf this year. I'm waiting my turn to read the third one. 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult was wonderful and disturbing at the same time. Finally, Patterson's Quickie was great. I didn't see the end coming which was a wonderful surprise. Linda in ME "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13 -----Original Message----- From: Linda Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 4:28 pm Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs At the risk of sounding like a "me, too" I am in the midst of reading The Book Thief. At this point, I think it is very good, but agree that many of my 7th graders would struggle with it. They are so concrete, they would struggle with the flow of the story. I've also read Shakespeare's Secret and Listening For Lions. Next up: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing and/or A Mango Shaped Space. Outside of The Book Thief, Listening For Lions was good, but on much lower level. Patty - Funny you mentioned The Lightning Thief; I tried to read it and decided it was terrible after about 40 pages. Guess I wear my genre bias on my shirt sleeve! I probably did the right thing passing that book on to another teacher to review. :-) Too funny! Linda _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ 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
