[LM_NET] HIT: character development and group interactions

[Kathy Clark <KathyC@HARKER.ORG>]

Wow! Thanks to everyone for their quick responses. There were several good 
suggestions, which I've summarized below. One thing that I forgot to put in my 
Target is that we were looking for something with a female protagonist, but that 
would still appeal to boys. We've used Maniac Magee for the last few years, but the 
Dean of Students wanted something a little different. (Yes, I know that Spinelli's 
book Loser is about a boy!). I'll pass this list on to her.

Thanks again,
-Kathy
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Suggested books for 5th graders: 

Bauer, Marion Dane - Runt
Blume, Judy - Blubber
Howe, James - The misfits ("...be aware that one of the issues in the Misfits is 
gay students.")
Koss, Amy - The girls
Mikaelsen, Ben - Petey
Myers, Laurie - Surviving Brick Johnson
Spinelli, Jerry - Crash
Spinelli, Jerry - Maniac Magee
Spinelli, Jerry -  Stargirl 
Spinelli, Jerry - Wringer
Stolz, Mary - The bully of Barkham Street
Stolz, Mary - A dog on Barkham Street
Voigt, Cynthia - Bad girls
Weston, Martha - Act one, act two, act normal
Wilhelm, Doug - The Revealers.

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Kathy Clark
Librarian-Teacher
The Harker School
San Jose, CA
kathyc@harker.org

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