TARGET: Drug Book for 5th Graders

[sbrisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

Our counselor stopped by the library today and asked if there was a "drug
book" that might be appropriate for fifth graders?  Upon further inquiry, I
determined that she is wanting to read something from a fiction book about a
character who is dealing with drug abuse or the temptation of drug use.

Although I have information books dealing with drug abuse, she is not
interested in those.  She wants to read something to start a conversation
with the class.

Any ideas?  (The only idea that came to me was "Go Ask Alice"....because it
has been re-issued with a new cover, etc.... but she says it's "too much"
for them...especially when I gave her the synopsis....however, I read it
when I was in the 6th grade---that was around the time when it FIRST came
out...and I didn't do drugs....but later in high school I did hang out with
some of the "druggies" as "an examination of the psychology of drug
abuse"--- but I digress.)

Thanks in advance for your ideas!

~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US
Library Media Specialist
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

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