Re: Target: Fiction for 5th grade girls

["dtissair@snet.net" <dtissair@SNET.NET>]

Dear group,
         I don't know if you may be interested or not but I found it
interesting that my Eudora Mail gave this message from Nancy a "two hot
peppers" rating.  The same rating it gave last week's Moneyopolis discussion.

At 10:01 PM 10/30/2001 -0600, Nancy Dickinson wrote:
>Happy Halloween!
>     One of my fifth grade girls came to me today and said that she had =
>just read "Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret" and how she really =
>liked it and did I have another book just like it???? I gave her some =
>Alice books by Naylor and 6th grade can really kill you (mostly thought =
>the title might be intriguing!).
>     However, I go through this all the time with my 5th grade girls who =
>are really ready to read books that I feel are best suited for middle =
>school, but I want to have some books that will satisfy them. So my =
>target>>> Can you suggest some books that are like "Are you there, God?" =
>but aren't too mature for a K-5 school????=20
>     Thanks for your help! I will post a hit.
>
>Nancy Dickinson, Librarian
>Hillsboro Elem. School
>Hillsboro, TN 37342
>dickinson1@k12tn.net
>fsufan@dtccom.net

Dorothy E. Tissair, M.L.S.
Library Media Specialist

Old Saybrook, CT  06475

dtissair@snet.net

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