I agree with the Bluford Series, very popular. Thanks for the Townsend Press information, Heather. The Cirque du Freak books were popular with reluctant but very capable readers. The Lightning Thief and three sequels, The Thief, The Uglies were all series books that were constantly checked out at our school.
Both boys and girls liked the series by Stephanie Meyer--Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse (fourth book due out this summer). Our seventh graders read more this year than any of us can remember thanks to book talks, teachers prereading books, peers recommending books, and the great selection available today. I am reading the new adult series by Stephanie Meyer called The Host. What are you reading? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] Looking for book suggestions Also, the Bluford Series. All the kids love them and they are only $1 each when you order them from Townsend Press! On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 3:07 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stuck in Neutral comes to mind. My struggling 9th graders loved it and > the > rest of the series last year. Good luck! :) We are out of school > next > week and my personal pile of books is growing so big, I am not sure if I > will > find the time to read all of them. :) > > > *\l/**\l/**\l/*Lynn*\l/**\l/**\l/* > M.Ed. Reading Education/Doctoral Student > > _http://cyberedtech.fau.edu/domino/default.htm_ > (http://cyberedtech.fau.edu/domino/default.htm) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- - 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 _______________________________________________ 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 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1391 - Release Date: 4/22/2008 8:15 AM _______________________________________________ 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
