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It is in my collection and there are no complaints..  Lester is pretty 
hard hitting, passionate, and truely believes in what he writes.  Book 
has positive reviews (and Booklist says  8th-12th). There are several 
other authors (Crutcher, Zindel, Peters, Sone, Williams-Garcia, 
Anderson, McCormick, Frank for a few examples)  who are heavier reading 
than parents may be comfortable with, but write with our age group in 
mind. Not writing for sensational effect, but exploring issues and ideas 
that almost every adolescent thinks about.

View the work as a whole. Does the language fit the situations and 
characters? Are the situations portrayed realistically and honestly? Do 
the characters act in a manner consistent with the world the author has 
created?

Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS  Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net  robert@beiffert.net



johanna.newsong@rcn.com wrote:

>One of my volunteer moms was telling me about how her seveth grader brought
>home this book which she had borrowed from the classroom library.  From the
>mom's description, I'd say this book isn't appropriate for 7th grade.  Or
>for a majority of 7th graders.  Am I off track here?  Has anyone at the
>middle school level had questions about the book?
>
>Johanna Halbeisen
>Woodland Elementary (K-4)
>Southwick, MA 01077
>johanna.newsong@rcn.com
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