Keeping up with my young adult and juvenile literature, I just finished "The Lovely Bones." I had never read it back when it was so popular. It was interesting, intense and definitely for the more sophisticate older middle school reader. . I can see where "Elsewhere" could be compared to this novel and offered to the early middle schooler. I also just finished "The Wednesday Wars" and loved it. Author Gary D. Schmidt writes in a way that feels, I don't know...special to the reader. For me, its as if Schmidt walked into my brain and found words that spoke directly to me. "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy," his earlier novel, struck me in much the same way. I just started "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie. Please keep the thread going as I need suggestions for grown up novels too. I just can't seem to find any that are written with the same passion as those created for young readers!
On Dec 23, 2007 5:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am not reading much, maybe a few magazines. i hope to find a lot of time > to write! :) i hope everyone enjoys a wonderous holiday season and finds > all the time they want to read!!! :) > > > *\l/**\l/**\l/*Lynn*\l/**\l/**\l/* > Doctorate Student, Florida Atlantic University > > Please visit my READING website! :o) > http://cyberedtech.fau.edu/domino/default.htm > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Tena _______________________________________________ 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
