Re: Jr High gossip/fiction

["Sharron L. McElmeel" <smcelmeel@ESC.CR.K12.IA.US>]

At 07:15 AM -0800 2/3/99, Patti Tjomsland wrote:
>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 ...

Sticks and Stones is a book published originally in 1970s and written by
Lynn Hall who happens to be an Iowa author.  Despite its age it is a great,
well-written book and does show how gossip has devastating reprecussions
for those who are the subject of the gossip.  Well-worth finding.

Sharron L. McElmeel


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