Here are the responses to my request for suggested biographies for high
school freshmen. You are the best! Thank you for your help!
Martha Decherd
Teacher Librarian
David Douglas High School
Portland, Oregon
martha_decherd@ddouglas.k12.or.us
http://ddhs.ddouglas.k12.or.us/staff/library/library/index.html
Buy the teen favorites and ask the kids for suggestions They love helping
to pick the books.
Some suggestions:
Tony Hawk - a skateboarder has 2 books - all our copies are out
any current sports figure
Katie.com
any kid type musician
They will ask for A Child Called It - but it's a terribly written book and
there is some question about it being totally false
I really like the Biography books from Learner(A&E) Some itles are
Benjamin Franklin, Bruce Lee, Carl Sagen, Edgar allan Poe, Cristopher
Reeve, jesse Owens, etc. They are $18.95, are colorful and easy for
freshmen to read. Approx. 110 pages.
Sports stars are sure winners. People like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods,
Jackie Robinson, Jackie Joyner Kersey, etc. all have one or more good bios
out and they will not go out of style in the next few years.
At her majesty's request : an African princess in Victorian England by
Walter Dean Myers, or
It's not about the bike : my journey back to life by
Lance Armstrong?
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