I just finished The Glass Castle a memoir by Janette Walls---that was both disturbing and uplifting at the same time---was a great story---as I was reading it I was thinking about how many of our students live that same kind of life---I just started to read A Thousand Splendid Suns---I also read The Kite Runner by the same author and loved that!
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/19/07 11:53 PM >>> I, too, read 19 Minutes. Started it the day of Virginia Tech Massacre before I heard the news. I had to put it away for a few days, but then finished it. Yes, quite telling and disturbing. I also read My Sister's Keeper by the same author which I felt was better and worthy of a good deal of discussion. Another good book to read is Like Water For Elephants. My Honors 7th grade classes were choosing their 'passion' to write a persuasive essay and after I read this book I decided to model the persuasive essay by writing about the 'greatest shame' on earth. It's an easy read, but also informative with period pictures. I will never go to another circus, but I think I had already decided that long before the book. I'm in the middle of "Middlesex.' I pick it up and read and then leave it for a while. Doesn't mean I don't like it, Definitely a book talk novel! ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ??? 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
