[aisle] Looking for Whole School Book Ideas

Wed Jan 13 11:54:02 CST 2021

A Drop of Hope
by Keith Calabrese

Joni Darby

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

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:17 AM Emily Conradt via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I would recommend:
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> Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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> I think it ticks all your boxes quite well!
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> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Joni
> Darby via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:52 PM
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> *Cc:* Joni Darby <jdarby at oes141.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Looking for Whole School Book Ideas
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> I would second Alan Gratz books.  I am adding Tim Green's Unstoppable and
> A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.
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> Joni Darby
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> Shepherd Middle School
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> Library Information Specialist
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> Ottawa Elementary 141
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> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 3:48 PM Rati Singhal via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Any book by Alan Gratz - Refugees, Allies, Ground Zero (releasing in
> February)
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> Wild Robot
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> Books by Jennifer Nielsen - Resistance , Night Divided
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> Books by Jason Reynolds
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> Running Dream
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> Rati Singhal
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> On Jan 12, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Mrs. Kuzminski via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Hello Collective Mind!
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> My school is looking for possible titles for a whole school book for
> grades 6-8.  My admin would like a fiction book that has:
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> - good moral lesson, but not preachy... or a good moral dilemma
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> - character(s) overcoming some sort of adversity in a positive way
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> - perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness
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> - theme or subject matter that encourages discussion
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> - feel-good ending
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> - keeps the 8th graders interested, yet appropriate for 6th grade
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> - not so popular that they would have all read it (like The One and Only
> Ivan, etc.)
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> - genre doesn't really matter... well, maybe not horror.
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> - able to be read aloud easily because we are hybrid learning
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> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!  Thank you for sharing your
> brainwaves!
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> *Amanda Kuzminski*
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> *Library Media Specialist*
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> Orland Junior High School
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> Orland Park, IL
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