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Thanks to all the people who responded to my request for a middle school read aloud involving racial issues. Here are the suggestions: Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco If You come Softly by Woodson? How about Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt? Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiley The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson You might want to look at Crossing Jordan by Adrian Fogelin (no relation to the TV show) "Twelve-year-old Cass meets her new African-American neighbor, Jemmie, and despite their families' prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running and a pact to read Jane Eyre." My Follett record says reading level 4.2, but I don't think so--not the ideas, anyway. 140 pages. Easy to read, but lots to chew on. You might check the book Face Relations: Short Stories about Seeing Beyond Color, edited by Marilyn Singer. The Jacket by Andrew Clements EFB *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn Teacher Librarian West Orient Middle School 29805 SE Orient Drive Gresham, OR 97080 erin_fitzpatrick-bjorn@gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us http://westorient.gresham.k12.or.us/~fitzpatrick/ School library programs: ensuring all students are effective users of ideas and information -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------