Re: [LM_NET] Suitability of book

[Janet Thompson <jst@ILLINOISALUMNI.ORG>]

Speaking of scary books...I was surprised how haunting is Zilpha Keatley
Snyder's story, THE UNSEEN. The catalog description is as follows:
"Feeling angry and out-of-place in her large family, twelve-year-old
Xandra finds a magical key to a world of ghostly, sometimes frightening,
phantoms that help her see herself and her siblings more clearly." It is
so well seen and the everyday life of Xandra so ordinary that the horror
element just creeps up on the reader making it very believable. Many 5th
and 6th graders will also identify with Xandra's aggravation with her
family. 

~Janet Thompson
children's librarian
Chicago Public Library
jst@illinoisalumni.org 

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Shonda Brisco
>Sent: 2/3/2006 9:33:51 AM
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Suitability of book
>
>I agree that if the students are looking for a scary book, the Coraline
is 
>definitely one that will not only keep them reading, but also give them
a 
>little shiver at the end.
>
>I loved this book and am sharing it with my 6th graders who like scary
titles.
>
>~Shonda
>
>Shonda Brisco, MLIS
>US / Technology Librarian
>Fort Worth Country Day School
>Fort Worth, TX
>
>"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible and suddenly
you are 
>doing the impossible."
> ~St. Francis of Assisi
>sbrisco@fwcds.org
>http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp
>
>>>> Mary Ludwick 02/02/06 8:42 PM>>>
>Are any of you familiar with Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean 
>(Illustrator)? Is it suitable for 5th graders?
>
>
>Mary Ludwick, Librarian K-5 Elementary
>Owen Elementary, The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
>ludwickm@lisd.net (school address)
>ludwick@swbell.net (home address)
>
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