<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’m in the same boat with many reluctant/struggling readers. These are extremely popular in my library:<div>Orca Soundings series </div><div>Bluford series </div><div>Saddleback series </div><div>Graphic novels</div><div>Sports nonfiction</div><div>Poetry (love, angst-ridden, tragic, etc)</div><div><br></div><div>Mary Burke</div><div>Morton Freshman Center Library</div><div>1801 S 55th Ave</div><div>Cicero, IL 60804</div><div><a href="mailto:mburke@jsmorton.org">mburke@jsmorton.org</a></div><div><a href="mailto:burke1801@gmail.com">burke1801@gmail.com</a></div><div>708-863-7900<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 12, 2018, at 9:43 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Good morning!<div><br></div><div>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 <i>Hatchet</i> in favor of buying or suggesting more teen-appealing quick and easy reads)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your help!<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4">Amy Phillips</font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="2">Riverside Brookfield High School</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="2">Library Media Specialist</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="mailto:aebromberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">aebromberg@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><a href="mailto:phillipsa@rbhs208.net" target="_blank">phillipsa@rbhs208.net</a></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="2">847-722-6169</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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