Sorry about waiting so long to post a hit. I just wanted to make sure that=20=
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had compiled all the responses. I would just like to thank everyone again=20
for taking the time to respond.
Vaneesa
Vaneesa Thompson
Library Media Specialist=20
West Morgan
Trinity, AL
vaneesat@aol.com
Among the Hidden series by Margaret Peterson Haddix (sci-fi/suspense) =E2=
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votes
Angus, Thongs series by Louise Rennison
Artemis Fowl- three in the series
Corner of the Universe
Crash
Crispin
Devil's Arithmetic
Double dutch
Farhenheit 451 - Bradbury
Handbook for Boys
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Heir Apparent
Holes =E2=80=93 two votes
Hoot
Pictures of Hollis Woods =E2=80=93 two votes
Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot =E2=80=93 three votes
Running out of time
Short Stories - Poe
son of the mob
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli =E2=80=93 two votes
staying fat for Sarah Byrnes
Surviving the Applewhites - two votes
The Thief Lord
The Upstairs Room - Johanna Reiss
White mountain trilogy (Christopher)
Witness
Zach's lie
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I'm assuming your 7th graders are average readers... many of our 7th graders=
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can barely read... I've successfully booktalked many titles.
Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle II
Bauer, Cat. Harley Like a Person
Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road
Bloor, Edward. Tangerine
Carrol, Jenny. The Mediator Series.
Cooney, Caroline B. The Face on the Milk Carton
Colfer. Eion. Artemis Fowl.
Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig. =20
Fleischman, Sid. The 13th Floor
Fletcher, Susan. Shadow Spinner
Flake The Skin I'm In
Haddix, Margaret Patterson. Any title
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Klass, David. Danger Zone.
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Check out www.nancykeane.com for booktalks. Also, if you have acces to=20
Novelist, they have booktalks there too.
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Any Books by the following authors:
Margaret Patterson Haddix
Lois Duncan
Walter Dean Myers
I find that 7th graders like booktalks:
(1) historical fiction - by century or major world event
(2) by author - people you should read BEFORE you leave our school -=20
recommend 2 from each other to get a sampling of his/her variety
(3) by shape - the final product from a book report is making a 'book' in th=
e=20
shape of the topic (non-fiction - boy do they head for the animal books on=20
this one - but it ties to 7th science unit so it is OK)
(4) biography - I try to pull those people who will be found in the=20
curriculum for that particular grade level during the year (Eng. has a 1940'=
s unit; So.=20
St. has a middle ages unit, Holocaust unit, Latin Ameria unit) -- so I pull=20=
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mix of people to match
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