[ISLMA-Share] Hi/Lo Lit

[Sarah Hill]

Acceleration by Graham McNamee.  Can't go wrong with a clean serial killer
story. It's available in paperback and it was on the Abe list years ago.
Set in Canada, and the discussion about whether or not the ending is
believable is pretty good.

Any of the Orca titles for reluctant readers would work, but some are
better than others.  I enjoyed Safe House by James Heneghan because it's
about the Troubles in Northern Ireland back in 1999.  Most kids don't know
about that time period and you can have good discussions about religion and
relate it to our modern times. It always helps when you can bring in other
subject areas to an English classroom.


Sarah Hill, Information Services Librarian
Lake Land College, Mattoon, Illinois
YALSA President-Elect
School Library Journal Adult Books 4 Teens Co-Columnist
Twitter @glibrarian
Work Phone: 217.234.5440



On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:50 AM, BROOKE NELSON <bnelson at ep309.org> wrote:

> Sorry...my first email was accidentally as a response to a previous one...
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have been challenged for next year by an English teacher who will be
> teaching all lower-level reading classes. These are kids who are not
> usually enthused about school. She asked for my help to find hi/lo short
> stories and hi/lo novels that we think the kids might like and be able to
> read. Many of these students read at the lower junior high level. Does
> anyone have any ideas? I have a few, but of course all of your brains
> combined are much better than mine!
>
> Thanks,
> Brooke Nelson
>
> --
> Brooke Nelson
> Library Media Specialist
> East Peoria Community High School
> 309.694.8338
>
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