Re: [LM_NET] HS Rec. Reading

[Donna Steel Cook <donnasteelcook@YAHOO.COM>]

Jennifer, dive into the ALA list called Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult 
Readers. You'll find them at the ALA site under Awards, or just do a Google search 
on Quick Picks.  There are actually TWO Quick Picks lists--the whole list and the 
Top Ten each year.  Another list that your teachers might appreciate is the Michael 
L. Printz Award, which is the "Newbery for Teens."  And then Popular Paperbacks 
list gives great lists already divided by themes.   
        Give the kids a great book--like Ender's Game--and you'll get them to read 
for a day.  Teach them to find great books at the ALA site, and you'll get them 
reading for a lifetime.  (to paraphrase a cliche)

Jennifer James <poem41@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
  My teachers are screaming for suggestions for high-interest recreational reading. 
They are tired of doing the "boring classics" and want some contemporary titles 
that will appeal to high school students. One teacher has assigned Orson Scott 
Card's Ender's Game to her whole class as their free reading book. The students are 
loving it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jennifer James
Library Media Teacher
Beyer High School
Modesto, CA
james.je@monet.k12.ca.us

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Donna Steel Cook
Central ISD Library Director
Central High School Librarian
7622 HYW 69 North
Pollok, TX  75969
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