Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-19 Thread Levine, Joyce
We read The Book Thief in my high school book discussion group and the students loved it. It was also taught in our 10th grade English classes. I would highly recommend it for young adults. Joyce On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Paula Sandfelder ps...@bellsouth.netwrote: Friends,

[ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Paula Sandfelder
Friends, Now that the book Book Thief is a movie, I have a question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriate for children? I asked this question of the author when the book first came out. He responded that that was not his intention, but that it was marketed that way in

Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Paz Sol
...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Asunto: [ha-Safran] Book Thief Friends, Now that the book Book Thief is a movie, I have a question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriate for children? I asked this question of the author when the book first came out. He responded

Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread fredis...@aol.com
, Jan 16, 2014 11:52 am Subject: [ha-Safran] Book Thief Friends, Now that the book “Book Thief” is a movie, I havea question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriatefor children? I asked this question of the author when the book firstcame out. He responded

Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Toby Harris
To: Paula Sandfelder; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief I classify and shelve it with the adult fiction, which is what its author intended. My understanding is that American publishers us the YA designation for marketing, and any book whose main character

Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Paula, First let me tell you that I was delighted to see your name on Hasafran. Most of our YA books collect dust on the shelves. When I moved it to the adult section not even one copy stayed on the shelf. I can imagine how Toby felt when parents read it to their 3rd-4th grade mature children.