<div dir="ltr">I would second Alan Gratz books. I am adding Tim Green's Unstoppable and A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.<div><br></div><div> <br><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Joni Darby<div><br><div>Shepherd Middle School</div><div>Library Information Specialist</div><div>Ottawa Elementary 141</div><div>815-434-7925 Ext. 5008</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 3:48 PM Rati Singhal via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Any book by Alan Gratz - Refugees, Allies, Ground Zero (releasing in February) <div>Wild Robot </div><div>Books by Jennifer Nielsen - Resistance , Night Divided </div><div>Books by Jason Reynolds </div><div>Running Dream </div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Rati Singhal </div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 12, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Mrs. Kuzminski via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello Collective Mind!<div>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:</div><div>- good moral lesson, but not preachy... or a good moral dilemma</div><div>- character(s) overcoming some sort of adversity in a positive way</div><div>- perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness</div><div>- theme or subject matter that encourages discussion</div><div>- feel-good ending</div><div>- keeps the 8th graders interested, yet appropriate for 6th grade</div><div>- not so popular that they would have all read it (like The One and Only Ivan, etc.)</div><div>- genre doesn't really matter... well, maybe not horror. </div><div>- able to be read aloud easily because we are hybrid learning</div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you for sharing your brainwaves!</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>The single clenched fist lifted and ready, or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: for we meet by one or the other.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Carl Sandburg</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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