[ISLMA-Share] Stephen King books appropriate for junior high?

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Cirque du freak series by Shan are good too.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I think that they ask for Stephen King because they don't know any other
> horror authors. Try bringing in some horror authors that are more
> developmentally appropriate for that age group.  If they've outgrown R.L.
> Stine, try Mary Downing Hahn, Joseph Delaney (Last Apprentice series),
> etc.  The anthology Slasher Girls & Monster Boys has been popular at my
> library, too. If you Google "middle school horror books" you'll find
> several bloggers and companies with lists of suggestions for this age group.
>
> Michelle Harris
> Heyworth CUSD #4
> harrism at husd4.org
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We have a lot of requests for Stephen King books. What are your thoughts
>> regarding housing them in a junior high (grades 6-8) library? Do you think
>> some titles are more appropriate than others?
>>
>> *Kathy Sullivan*
>> *Princeville Junior Senior High School*
>> *P.C.U.S.D. #326*
>> *302 Cordis Avenue, **Princeville, IL  61559*
>> *309.385-4660  x1574 <309.385-4660%20%C2%A0x1574>*
>> *ksullivan at princeville326.org <ksullivan at princeville326.org> *
>>
>> *"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
>> stop reading them."  **- Ray Bradbury*
>>
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> Michelle Harris
> District Librarian
> Heyworth CUSD #4
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Katy Ryan
Library Aide
Mechanics Grove School &
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Mundelein, IL 60060
kryan at d75.org

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