Re: Target: ELEM: The Giver

[Charlotte Snyder <csnyder@MAIL.BCPL.LIB.MD.US>]

Dear Friends:
Actually, The Giver is pretty popular in my public library and has been
enjoyed by my students as well. In fact, I just booktalked it to the sixth
grade a couple of weeks ago and both of my copies were checked out
immediately. This week one of my sixth graders said, "This is a really
good book." Others had already read it and agreed with her. Several had
already read The Midwife's Apprentice and liked that, too. However, our
sixth graders might be a little older overall than in some other schools,
since they must be six by August 1st to start in first grade.
Speaking of the "target group," actually the Newbery is awarded for
outstanding literature designed to appeal to children up to age 14, and I
certainly feel that The Giver falls in that age group.
Just my two cents.

Charlotte

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* The Waldorf School of Baltimore     *
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