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On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I took YA lit last spring, and a few titles that we thought were good were:
>
> The Family Romanov: murder, rebellion and the fall of imperial Russia, by
> Candace Fleming
> Terrible Typhoid Mary: a true story of the deadliest cook in America, by
> Susan Bartoletti
> My Seneca Village, by Marilyn Nelson
> Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue, by Julius Lester
>
> Chris Wilson
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> We have purchased several animal books---any of the Dog Heroes series,
>> Who was... biographies, What were.... series, sports books such as Weirdest
>> moments in Sports, military such as Swat Teams, The Missions, US Army True
>> Stories. Unfortunately, most of these books are costly and if you do
>> Accelerated Reader at your school, are only .5 or 1 point books. However,
>> nonfiction is what our MS teachers are encouraging and actually require.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Anything by:
>>> Steve Sheinkin
>>> Jim Murphy
>>> Sally M. Walker
>>> *Flesh and Blood So Cheap* by Albert Marrin
>>>
>>>
>>> Anna Kim
>>> School Librarian
>>> Chappell Elementary School
>>> akim6 at cps.edu
>>>
>>> "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
>>>
>>>
>>>                        -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>>>
>>> Follow me on Goodreads
>>> <http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3232421-anna-kim>!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wonder if we don't need to try to make a google spreadsheet of this...
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We have the hardest time here getting students to read nonfiction. I
>>>>> won a grant for purchasing more nonfiction, and I'm super pumped. I have 31
>>>>> books I think student might read, but I'm wondering if you all have great
>>>>> recs that you have had success with. Of course they like the serial killer
>>>>> stuff and the overcoming eating disorders/addiction/mental illness books,
>>>>> but I'm at a loss as to what that might entail. I would greatly appreciate
>>>>> any recommendations you might have for any YA Nonfiction!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Brooke Nelson
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brooke Nelson
>>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>>> East Peoria Community High School
>>>>> 309.694.8338
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Library Media Specialist,
>>>> Charleston High School
>>>>
>>>> President-Elect,
>>>> Illinois School Library Media Association
>>>>
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>>>> Charleston, IL 61920
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>> Argenta-Oreana MS/HS
>> lweatherford at argenta-oreana.org
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