Re: Jr High gossip/fiction

[Patti Tjomsland <zimba@kalama.com>]

I can think of two books
One is Letter Perfect  can't remember the author.  Kids start rumor about
teacher
Another is Sticks and Stones  I think by Mazer.  About a kid who starts a
rumor about another boy that he is gay... he is not ...

Connie Williams wrote:

> I really need some help from LMNEtters... A teacher is looking for a book
> to assign to two students who have started terrible rumors about another
> teacher. The book would be hopefully about teens who have started rumors
> (about anyone, not just teachers) thereby setting off a series of events
> that went out of control of the rumor starters.  Hopefully, the book would
> end with the rumor starters learning something from their experience....
>         this book is in replacement of other punishment - she really wants
> them to think about their actions and how it makes others feel when people
> are talking about them.  I've already thought about:
>
> Twelve days in August
> Daphne's book
> No Big Deal
>
>  does anyone have anything great we could use?  Thanks!
>
> Connie Williams
> Kenilworth Jr High
> 998 E. Washington St
> Petaluma, CA 94952
> 707-778-4710
>
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Patti Tjomsland
Library Media Specialist
Mark Morris High School
Longview, WA  98632
zimba@kalama.com

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