[LM_NET] Target: Fiction for MS: hardcover or paperback?

[Sarah Woo <semwoo@ALUMNET.SIMMONS.EDU>]

Hello everyone,

I am a newbie starting in a brand new middle school. So far we have 4000
books which are being sent from the high school. Other than that, I need to
build the collection.

I have heard and learned in school that this age doesn't like to check out
hardcovers  for their fiction reading. On the other hand, the paperbacks
don't last long and need to be replaced often.

What has been your experience? Would you go with mostly hardcover or mostly
paperback if you were building a new collection?

Thanks in advance.

Sarah Woo
SLT
Holten-Richmond Middle School
Danvers, MA
semwoo@alumnet.simmons.edu

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