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did anybody read these, or one of them? the plots are very similar: teenage girls having identity issues because they are not one hundred percent biologically related to their siblings and stepfathers because mom had them through sperm donor before she met her current husband with whom she nested and had additional children my questions about this book are: did you find this an interesting premise? was it something you could relate to even if it wasn't your personal experience? do you think your teens could relate to these books? would you recommend them to your teens? was the main character's "problem" a novel one for you as a reader of YA? have you read any similar plots (children of donor sperm) in other novels? did you find this weird, interesting, different, unique, a novel idea? have you ever considered that some of your patrons might be in similar family situations? what do you think of the titles? do you have any other thoughts on this topic? I am writing an article on "donor offspring" characters in YA novels and any thoughts you have about these or other books with similar characters would be welcome _____________________________________ Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS Librarian Damrosch Day Treatment School NYC Department of Education 750 Jennings Street Bronx, NY 10459 voice: 718 378-0006 x2172 fax: 718 589-9544 p s a r l e s @ s c h o o l s . n y c . g o v http://damroschlibrary.blogspot.com/ http://wjdlibrary.wikispaces.com http://robinhoodlibrarians.wikispaces.com http://deweyweblinks.wikispaces.com/ http://charactereducationbooks.wikispaces.com http://selfhelpfortweens.wikispaces.com http://documentaryphotographybooks.blogspot.com http://yabooksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com "Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months passed without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had never been so truly free in my life." - Malcolm X "Some kids go to the library ... Others to the street. But they can't go to the libraries if the libraries are closed." - Officer Dombranski, NYPD "Kids are living stories every day that we wouldn't let them read." -Josh Westbrook "The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don’t have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result." - Louis Sachar "Our schools are filled with kids who have been treated badly all their lives. They don't tell anyone, because there is shame in being treated badly. Many-girls and boys-have been sexually mistreated. Still others struggle in fear with sexual identity. They respond with eating disorders, cutting, suicidal thought or action. I can't tell you how many letters I've received from kids who found a friend in one of my books, a character who speaks to them. And if I get those letters, think of the letters Walter Dean Myers, or Lois Lowry, or Judy Blume get, thanking us for letting them know, through literature, that they are not alone. In light of all that, there's really only one thing to say to the censors. Shut up."-Chris Crutcher -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, you send a message 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 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------