[LM_NET] Target: MS favorite autobiography, memoir, or diary-format

[Chris Getty <cgetty@PLAINWELLSCHOOLS.ORG>]

Dear colleagues,
My 7th grade teachers have used Zlata's Diary, Woodsong, and How Angel Peterson Got 
His Name as the required genre reading for seventh grade in Michigan.  They have 
asked for my advice about alternative titles.  They felt that Zlata seems dated, 
Angel is too easy, and they are looking for a book with lots of meat for discussion 
and development of higher order thinking skill activities.  Finding a good meaty 
book can be hard enough, but they also are hoping for it to be multi-cultural and 
not too depressing.  7th grade social studies covers Eastern Hemisphere Geography 
in Michigan.  
Do you have any titles which immediately leap to mind?????  
Thanks for sharing,
Chris Getty
 
 
Christine B.Getty
Librarian/Media Specialist
Plainwell Middle School
720 Brigham St. 
Plainwell, Michigan 49080
cgetty@plainwellschools.org

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