[LM_NET] High school books like Give a boy a gun

[Marilyn Johnson <mjohns@HOLBROOK.K12.AZ.US>]

Help! I'm not sure where else to look.

 

One of our senior boys read Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser and loved
it. He wants something just like it that will "hold his attention all
the way through." I suggested Shattering Glass which he didn't think was
as good, just "okay." I've also suggested 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult
from the public library, but he probably won't take the time to go
there. I've also suggested Fat Kid Rules the World, but he read a page
or two and didn't think that was what he wanted. He seems to want
fiction (preferably in Reading Counts!) specifically about school
shootings.  I really don't think he wants to shoot up our school; he
just liked the book. Can anyone help with other suggestions? 

 

Thanks.

 

Marilyn

 

"After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless."

Chinese proverb.

 

Marilyn L. Johnson

Library/Media Services Coordinator

Holbrook Unified School District #3

POB 640

Holbrook AZ 86025

mjohns@holbrook.k12.az.us

HHS  524-2815 x7011

HJHS 524-3959 x6009

 


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