[ISLMA-Share] Book Suggestion Help needed!

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I have an 8th grade teacher who reads Unwind by Schusterman every year.
It's dystonia novel but leaves off on cliffhangers most chapters. Students
always try to come into the library to check it out so they can read
ahead.  Beware though that it can be disturbing...here's the blurb
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/764347.Unwind?ac=1&from_search=true>about
it.    Another 8th grade teacher has read Compound
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2696181-the-compound?ac=1&from_search=true>
by Bodeen and is currently reading to her class What Happened to Cass
McBride?
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315884.What_Happened_to_Cass_McBride_?ac=1&from_search=true>
by Giles.

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello all.  I have an 8th grade teacher asking for help in finding a
> contemporary read for her classes.  She is looking for the perfect book for
> her 8th graders – something that will highly engage both males and
> females, have characters which reflect the diverse student body in our
> school, and be fairly contemporary. We looked at the class sets of books
> available in the district and she isn’t excited about anything (although *The
> Outsiders *may work).  She is really struggling because she just doesn’t
> feel like her students are connecting with anything.  I only work PT in
> this school, so don’t know the kids well either.
>
>
>
> This is for a Title I school with a very high percentage of Hispanic
> students with unstable and troubled home lives.
>
> Suggestions for a classroom read?  I will most likely have to somehow come
> up with a classroom set of the book, so I am hoping to help her find
> something perfect that she will love!
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
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