[ISLMA-Share] 7th grade - male protagonist "approaching adulthood" unit

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Another one that comes to mind is Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Michaelson -
I have used it with junior high in the past.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Male oriented books I think of immediately are:
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> Drum, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Sonnenblick)
> The Paper Cowboy (Levine)
> Smiles to Go (Spinelli)
> Okay for Now (Schmidt)
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> Jill Johnson
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> LMC Director
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> Jefferson Middle School
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> West Aurora SD 129
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> jejohnson at sd129.org
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> We are searching for a companion text to go with *House on Mango Street*
>> for use in a 7th grade "Approaching Adulthood" unit.  The girls tend to
>> like *Mango Street,* but the boys do not connect with it as much.
>>
>> The first book that comes to my mind is *Perks of Being a Wallflower*,
>> but there is inappropriate content for middle school.  Other suggestions
>> with a male protagonist that is more age appropriate?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> *Clare Lund*
>> 7th Grade ELA & 6th Grade Social Studies
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Gower Middle School, Burr Ridge, Illinois
>> *Follow me on Twitter @LundTeach*
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