[aisle] Looking for Whole School Book Ideas

Wed Jan 13 14:22:10 CST 2021

*Gone to the Woods*, Gary Paulsen's new autobiography

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:54 AM Joni Darby via AISLE <
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> A Drop of Hope
> by Keith Calabrese
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> Joni Darby
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> Shepherd Middle School
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> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:17 AM Emily Conradt via AISLE <
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>> 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
>> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
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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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>> 815-434-7925 Ext. 5008
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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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