How about steering her to the Printz Award winning books? Each year the Printz
committee chooses the ONE (1) best books for teenagers. It is a relatively new
award, so some people (teachers, librarians) are just now finding it and
incorporating these terrific books into their lessons. You can find the Printz
Award winners and the Printz Honor books at www.ala.org and click on Awards. There
is also a really good article in an English Journal about the "mock" Printz Awards,
and you can find that article in a subscription database like EBSCO, or it might be
in the archives in your school library.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda Stafford" <staffbha@COX.NET>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: SEC: titles to update English required reading lists
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 21:21:40 -0400
>
> LM_Netters,
> Just as we are preparing to leave for the summer, I have a request
> from our English Dept. head. She wants some titles that are more
> current selections to update the English class sets for secondary
> students. She wants both fiction and non-fiction. Of course we
> have to be concerned about language, violence and sex since
> students will be required to read these titles. I thought of Life
> of Pi and Secret Life of Bees, but after I read a book, I can't
> seem to remember if there were questionable parts. Any help or
> suggestions would be great.
> Brenda Stafford, Media Specialist
> Deep Creek High School
> Chesapeake, VA
> staffbha@cox.net
>
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