[LM_NET] Target: MS 8th grade lit. circle books on "challenges in society"

[Robbin Price <drdandrjp@AOL.COM>]

Hi, all you learned librarians.  I need your advice.

I have some teachers looking for 8th grade books they can use in lit. circles to 
explore "challenges in society".  They have put forth Farenheit 451 as an 
example, and they're looking for others.  I thought of House of Scorpion by 
Nancy Farmer, and possibly Uglies by Westerfeld, but I'm having trouble getting 
my summer-relaxed brain jump-started on this issue, and I'm not coming up with 
others.  Ideally, they'd like something in paperback that's available in 
quantity (and inexpensive would be nice, too, of course).  And I might add that 
it doesn't have to be sci-fi; that's just all my brain would pull up today.

I confess I haven't checked the archives yet, because they want the information 
right away, and I thought I'd dash off a message quick.  So if someone has just 
posted the ultimate list of 8th grade reads on challenges in society and I 
missed it, my apologies.  

I will go trolling in the archives, but in the meantime, I'd be glad of any 
suggestions (you can send them directly to me, and not to the list), and I will 
gladly post responses I receive to the group if there's interest.

Thanks so much for any help you can give.

Robbin Price, Librarian
Tillicum Middle School
Bellevue School District
Bellevue, Washington
pricer@bsd405.org (work)
drdandrjp@aol.com (home)
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