<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Jason Reynolds’ new books Ghost and Patina.<div>Although the take is not straight out racism, they are from black students’ point of views. The language, thoughts, and cultural differences are discussed. I think these books and offer a unique point of view and lend themselves to great discussion.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 20, 2018, at 8:20 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"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Good Morning, Hive Mind!</span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I was asked by a teacher to curate a list of book titles for her honors students that explores racism from the minority point of view (along the lines of All American Boys; The Hate U Give; Dear Martin; etc----doesn't just have to be racism against african-americans though).</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">They just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird and these books will be considered "companion" reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Any titles you can suggest would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!<br clear="all"></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font color="800080"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica">Sincerely, <br>Amy Hamernick<br>Media Specialist</font></font></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:medium">Apple Teacher</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma">Century Jr. High</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica" color="#0000ff">@AhamernickCJH</font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica" color="#0000ff">#CenturyWildcats</font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica"><font color="800080" style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><br></font></font></font><div align="center"><font color="800080" size="3"><font face="Helvetica"></font><span lang="en-US">"If we always do what we've always done,<br>we will get what we've always got.</span></font><font color="800080" size="3">"<br><span lang="en-US">~Adam Urbanski~<br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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