[ISLMA-Share] Book Suggestion Help needed!

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I second the suggestion What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles. I would also suggest the following:
Empty by Suzanne Wein
Fake ID by Lamar Giles
I am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff
Blood on My Hands by Todd Strasser
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier

Hope one of those helps. They are big hits with my ninth graders, especially reluctant readers.

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Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] Book Suggestion Help needed!

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<mailto: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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