[ISLMA-Share] "Easy" High School Reads

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Vivian Van der Velde's fairy tale retellings might work - *The
Rumpelstiltskin Problem in particular.*

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I’m in the same boat with many reluctant/struggling readers. These are
> extremely popular in my library:
> Orca Soundings series
> Bluford series
> Saddleback series
> Graphic novels
> Sports nonfiction
> Poetry (love, angst-ridden, tragic, etc)
>
> Mary Burke
> Morton Freshman Center Library
> 1801 S 55th Ave
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1801+S+55th+Ave+Cicero,+IL+60804&entry=gmail&source=g>
> Cicero, IL 60804
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1801+S+55th+Ave+Cicero,+IL+60804&entry=gmail&source=g>
> mburke at jsmorton.org
> burke1801 at gmail.com
> 708-863-7900 <(708)%20863-7900>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 12, 2018, at 9:43 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Good morning!
>
> I have several teachers who are doing free reading for the first time in
> their classrooms this year, which is great!  But I definitely have students
> who are super reluctant and want books that are short and easy.  Any
> suggestions that you have in your libraries that are good easy reads for
> high school students, but still appealing to them as teens? (for example:
> I'm thinking of not repurchasing an old, lost copy of *Hatchet* in favor
> of buying or suggesting more teen-appealing quick and easy reads)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Amy Phillips
> Riverside Brookfield High School
> Library Media Specialist
> aebromberg at gmail.com
> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
> 847-722-6169 <(847)%20722-6169>
>
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