[LM_NET] Need suggestion for 10th grade classroom read

[Melinda Miller-Widrick <melinda@CPCS.K12.NY.US>]

Hi folks - I am searching with our English dept for a contemporary realistic novel 
to use as a classroom read. We are looking for something that deals with a current 
teen issue BUT that has a hopeful ending. We are looking for something that is not 
too dark. We are also looking for something that would be a fairly fast read for a 
group. We read and loved What Happened to Cass McBride but we felt the language was 
a bit too much for a classroom read for 10th graders and the ending was not too 
hopeful. We read Rooftop but felt although great it was not for all. So, I am 
hoping that this huge collective brain will offer me  up something that I haven't 
thought of that meets our criteria. Any suggestions? Please respond directly to me. 
TIA.

Melinda Miller-Widrick


Melinda Miller-Widrick
Colton-Pierrepont CSD
K-12 Library Media Center
4921 State Highway 56
Colton, NY 13625 T: 315262210 F: 3152623135
melinda@cpcs.k12.ny.us
"Libraries enable the past to talk to the future." Edward Cornish, The Futurist 


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