[LM_NET] TARGET: SEC: Contemporary African Fiction

[MJ G <mjgrundle@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear LM-Netters:
   
  The chair of the Social Studies department is looking to incorporate literature 
in the honors classes for grades 9 and 10. She is looking for information on best 
curricular practices and titles of novels about contemporary Africa. I have 
forwarded her some information and recommendations already, but I thought I would 
ask the LM-NET community.
   
  I have recommended the following books:
   
  Things Fall Apart     Chinua Achebe  (possibly too advanced and not contemporary 
enough)
  Chanda's Secrets    Allan Stratton    (Lexile possibly too low for high school 
honors)
  The Syringa Tree     Pamela Gien     (Was a play before becoming a novel; not 
much literary criticism other than book reviews)
   
  Thanking you in advance. 


Mary Jo Grundle, Librarian 
Mount St. Mary Academy 
3756 Delaware Avenue 
Buffalo, NY 14217 
716-877-1358 
mgrundle@mt-st-mary.org 
"Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves."
  J. B. Priestly

       
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