[LM_NET] Clarification: Target: Fun reads for 6-12

[Sarah Loch <sloch@EBRPSS.K12.LA.US>]

A clarification--I know about the Bluford High series; we have them and
they are very popular.

Original post:

My principal has told me that next year, she wants to buy sets of books
for students to read daily for a short time in English class; one title
for each grade. She wants them to be high-interest, easy reads that will
get our reluctant readers hooked and wanting to find out what happens
next.

She has asked me to suggest titles. I've come up with a few, but I'd
love some outside input. My school is an urban alternative middle/high
school serving grades 6 through 12. The majority of our students are
African-American. These students are here because they did something to
be suspended or expelled from a school in the district (everything from
being tardy too many times to fighting to bringing a weapon or drugs to
school to threatening a teacher). Many of them have repeated grades
several times and most are struggling readers, if only because of
limited vocabulary, so low-reading level titles will be a plus. They
seem most drawn to mysteries, "scary books," and books that talk about
the realistic things they have to deal with in their lives.

These are the titles I am considering right now:

6th grade

•   Shooter by Walter Dean Myers
•   Money Hungry Sharon Flake

7th grade

•   Emako Blue by Brenda Woods
•   The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin

8th grade

•   Romiette & Julio by Sharon Draper
•   The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

9th grade

•   Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
•   Played by  Dana Davidson

10th grade

•   Tyrell by Coe Booth

11th grade

•   Keesha’s House by Helen Frost

12th grade

•   Babylon Boyz by Jess Mowry

Thanks in advance for your expertise and input!


Sarah Loch
Librarian
Valley Park Alternative School
4510 Bawell Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-926-9765 x. 229
SLoch@ebrpss.k12.la.us

Currently reading "Pagan's Crusade" by Catherine Jinks, "Small Favor" by
Jim Butcher, and "Into the Forest" by Jean Hegland

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