Thank you all for your kind responses of suggestions for books to read=20=
aloud to high school students. I have compiled your responses below.
=ACGirl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Last book in the Universe by Philbrick
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen (2 mentions)
Tuesdays with Morrie by Albom
The Watsons go to Birmingham=971963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Killer's Cousin" by Nancy Werlin.
=ACShort story books: including_Tomorrowland_ edited by Michael Cart and=20=
Jim Trelease's _Read All About It_.
=ACA Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Pecl
=ACThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
=ACPlanet of the Apes. By Pierre Boulle .
=ACKatie. com
Any of the Tolkein books,All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
The Vinyl Cafe, and The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean
Harry Potter books
=ACA year down yonder by Richard Peck
=ACA long way from Chicago by Richard Peck
=ACBooks with short essays/articles can work well. I have read a number=20=
of
=ACpieces from Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White.
=ACAlso Dave Barry
=AC\For seniors:
The Beet Queen (Lousie Erdrich) and The Martian Chronicles=20
(Bradbury)
Peace Like a River by Enger.
Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and =
Newspaper=20
Piecesfor Preteens and Teens by Jim Trelease is also a good one.
Sandra Parks
Librarian
Harrisonburg High School
395 S. High St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
540.433.2651
sparks@harrisonburg.k12.va.us=
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