Re: ?Recommend a book

[Josie Leavitt <josie@BLACKBOX.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>]

Wish I had *more* ideas, but how about:

         _You Know Me, Al_ by Ring Lardner (my top choice)
         _Shoeless Joe_ by Kinsella
         _Fried Green Tomatoes..._ or _Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man_ by
                Fannie Flagg (a little long?)
         _Cold Sassy Tree_ by Olive Ann Burns
         _The Screwtape Letters_ by C.S. Lewis
         _Northanger Abbey_ by Jane Austen
         _Edwin Mullhouse..._ by Stephen Millhauser (*brilliant* parody of
                biographies and biographers; fine for this age, I think...)

Many of these are probably too long. Good luck. It would be great to see a
hit on this topic.

Elizabeth Bluemle (share Josie's computer)
josie@blackbox.cc.columbia.edu

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On Thu, 19 Jan 1995, LEE GORDON wrote:

> One of my English teachers surveyed her students at the end of last
> year about her class.  One of the criticisms that a few students had
> was that the literature they read in class was generally a "downer."
> They wanted to read something upbeat or funny.  This is an Honors
> class.  Can anyone recommend a title or two for a 9th grade Honors
> class that needs their spirits lifted?
>
> Lee Gordon
> Eldorado High School
> 1139 N. Linn Ln.
> Las Vegas, NV 89110       lgordon@nevada.edu