[ISLMA-Share] Narrative Non-Fiction 8th grade

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Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
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The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti-Historical Fiction

Joni Darby

Shepherd Middle School
Library Information Specialist
Ottawa Elementary 141
815-434-7925 Ext. 5008


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Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called
> Eel
> Book by Deborah Hopkinson
>
> Karyn Nadler, MLIS
> Library Media Specialist
> Robert Crown School
> Wauconda, IL 60084
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> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Amazing! Thank you so much for this list!!
>>
>> Sofy
>>
>> *Sofía Huitrón*
>> LRC Director, Grove Junior High School
>> 847-472-3022 <(847)%20472-3022> / huitron.sofia at ccsd59.org
>> LRC website <http://grove.ccsd59.org/about/learning-resource-center/> /
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>> *"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our
>> youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt*
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>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Betty Bush teaches Information Resources for Youth by teaching almost
>>> exclusively narrative nonfiction. I've included a list of titles from the
>>> class that were decidedly middle-high school level:
>>>
>>> Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere, by Julie T. Lamana
>>> Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, by Don Brown
>>> Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary, by Gail Jarrow
>>> Almost Astronauts, by Tanya Lee Stone
>>> Frida and Diego, by Catherine Reef
>>> Charles and Emma, by Deborah Heiligman
>>> Place Hacking: Venturing Off Limits, by Michael Rosen
>>> Yummy, by G. Neri
>>> The Family Romanov, by Candace Fleming
>>> Audacity, by Melanie Crowder
>>> The Watch That Ends the Night, by Allan Wolf
>>> The Borden Murders, by Sarah Miller
>>> Beyond Magenta, by Susan Kuklin
>>> The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, by Phillip Hoose
>>> Most Dangerous, by Steve Sheinkin
>>>
>>> -Clair Irwin
>>>
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>>> Subject: [ISLMA-Share] Narrative Non-Fiction 8th grade
>>>
>>> Good morning everyone!
>>>
>>> The 8th grade LA teachers came to me yesterday with a request. They are
>>> starting a new unit on narrative non-fiction and would like a list of books.
>>> At first I thought of The Port Chicago 50 and Left for Dead, but they
>>> mentioned it needs to have strong characters. They mentioned the book A
>>> Long Walk to Water, but that is not classified as NF, although it is based
>>> on a true story. They also mentioned Night by Elie Wiesel, which is a
>>> memoir, and they just finished a unit on memoirs.
>>>
>>> So, any ideas? Either NF books with strong narrative characters or
>>> fiction based on true stories with main characters?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Sofía Huitrón
>>> LRC Director, Grove Junior High School
>>> 847-472-3022 <(847)%20472-3022> / huitron.sofia at ccsd59.org<mailto:
>>> huitron.sofia at ccsd59.org>
>>> LRC website<http://grove.ccsd59.org/about/learning-resource-center/> /
>>> www.ccsd59.org<http://www.ccsd59.org>
>>>
>>> "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our
>>> youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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