Re: TARGET: HS: Terry Goodkind books

[Maggi Rohde <maggi@INTRANET.ORG>]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Theresa Bermingham wrote:
> One of the students at our high school has read all of the Terry
> Goodkind books and is sure that other students would love them
> just as much as he does.  I would think the size alone (800+
> pages) would scare off many readers.  Since this is not a genre I
> do well in, I was wondering if you have his books in your high
> school library and if they are something students will read.

I read huge books as a middle schooler, and many other SF and fantasy
readers do, too, with no qualms.  Check if you have authors like Tad
Williams and Robert Jordan, and if they circ, these will too.

-Maggi Rohde, Children's Librarian
 Canton Public Library
 maggi @ intranet.org

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