[AISLE-Share] Dear Martin

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We are as well! Dear Martin, Tyler Johnson Was Here, and The Hate U Give
have been flying off the shelves. I've made several trips to Barnes and
Noble to supplement our collection. I truly love that the voices of young
African American people are being represented more fully in YA lit.

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School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good evening all,
>
>
>
> I had a great Spring. Last Spring, I won 4 grants for our school’s version
> of Battle of the Books. Normally, I only win one from these from 4
> different organizations. Well, that allowed me to do a different Battle of
> the Books for each grade. One of the titles is *Dear Martin*. I had
> enough in my budget from the grants to order 25 copies. I have 12 to 15
> copies of the other titles on this grade’s list. Well, I am starting to
> promote these reading lists. To my surprise, every copy of *Dear Martin*
> is checked out (and the other titles still have plenty of copies
> available). I haven’t promoted it once. I ordered more copies of it because
> I thought it would be popular, but would have never guessed that it would
> be this popular. Anyone else having this phenomenon with *Dear Martin*?
>
>
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> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Alan Holtz, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
>
> holtzac at vvsd.org
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>
>
> “I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!”
> -- Hermione Granger
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>
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