[ISLMA-Share] Book Suggestion Help needed!

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We have an 8th grade teacher currently teaching with the brand-new book*
Dear Martin* by Nic Stone.
Last year she did *Monster* by Walter Dean Myers.

M.Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4
harrism at husd4.org


On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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Michelle Harris
District Librarian
Heyworth CUSD #4
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