[LM_NET] HIT: Recommendation for 5th grade read

[Barbara Karp <basyak10@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I just finished reading The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine (Putnam, 
2009), and I think this novel is an excellent choice.  (I am hoping it will "sell" 
well with the 5th-8th grade crowd.)  The setting is 1917 Alabama, and the theme of 
Southern race relations is handled realistically and sensitively, with a touch of 
humor.  This first novel makes Levine an author to watch!

 

Basya Karp, Librarian

Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls

Brooklyn, NY

basyak10@hotmail.com

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