MIDDLE: Target: Great First Pages

[Karen McCahill <chloe51@YAHOO.COM>]

I am doing lots of booktalks this year and thought
that a nice change  to the traditional would be to
just read first pages (or even paragraphs) which
really are compelling--the new Lois Lowry book
"Gathering Blue" is a natural and I've come up with a
bunch, but wondered if anyone has a trove of good
suggestions for first page/paragraph "grabbers?" I
will post a hit.
Thanks.

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Karen McCahill
Library Media Teacher
Burlingame Intermediate School
Burlingame, CA  94010
chloe51@yahoo.com
Phone 650.259.3838
FAX 650.259.3843

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