Some books I've either read or plan on reading so I can know what my *students* are likely to be reading, whether their literary value is high or not:
Speak by Laurie Halse Andersen (and her other books; Fever, 1793 is a bit of departure from her other books and more suitable for younger than 7th grade audience) is both a gripping tale of silence after a trauma and the realities of a suburban high school.
Walter Dean Myers is on my to-read list, especially Monster.
I suppose Sandra Cisneros might not make it onto this list, because The House on Mango Street is short stories.
Tell me To Kill a Mockingbird was on that list.
Then there's the books that kids read around The Diary of Anne Frank: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen.
I'm sure there are more, but my brain is writing lesson plans. :)
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Speak by Laurie Halse Andersen (and her other books; Fever, 1793 is a bit of departure from her other books and more suitable for younger than 7th grade audience) is both a gripping tale of silence after a trauma and the realities of a suburban high school.
Walter Dean Myers is on my to-read list, especially Monster.
I suppose Sandra Cisneros might not make it onto this list, because The House on Mango Street is short stories.
Tell me To Kill a Mockingbird was on that list.
Then there's the books that kids read around The Diary of Anne Frank: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen.
I'm sure there are more, but my brain is writing lesson plans. :)