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What about pairing *A Wrinkle in Time* with *When You Reach Me*?

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> They’re both excellent books, but I would worry that they’re simply too
> advanced content-wise for 5th graders.   *Ender’s Game* is so reliant on
> psychology and war strategies and *Flowers for Algernon’s* so dependent
> on the reader making inferences from the text; that I’d worry the teachers
> would be setting themselves up for an unsatisfactory experience, simply
> because children that age tend to do better with a straight forward
> narrative.
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> Maybe something like *Phantom Tollbooth *or *A Wrinkle in Time* with
> their simpler structure, but academically complex math and science content
> would be better choices?
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> *Kathryn Spindler*
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> Co-Library Media Center Director
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> Bolingbrook High School
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> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 09, 2018 11:42 AM
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> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] advise needed
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> A couple of questions on some book choices: How do you feel about a 5th
> grade AT (academically talented) class reading either Ender's Game or
> Flowers for Algernon in their entirety ?
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> I was asked for input, which I gave, and also said I would ask my
> colleagues what their thinking was about those books for an upper
> elementary level class read.
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> Please email me off-list & I'll be glad to discuss with you further.
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> Thanks so much for any responses.
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> *Pamela Huff*
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> Teacher/Librarian
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> Learning Center Director
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> *Johnsburg High School*
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> phuff at johnsburg12.org
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