[LM_NET] Pulitzer in Middle School?

["Meintz, Nicole" <MeinN@COLDWATERSCHOOLS.ORG>]

Hi everyone-
We have a teacher here who has her advanced 8th graders read award winners - she 
recommends Pulitzer Prize winners and Hugo award winners.  I've only read a few of 
them (Empire Falls, Stone Diaries, Beloved, Color Purple, To Kill A Mockingbird, 
..and I thought the Bridge of San Luis Rey was in there, but the majority of the 
ones I've read I'd be hesitant to put in here, mostly because of the interest level 
or because the content would be over the students' heads..)  Do you think any of 
these (other than To Kill A Mockingbird) would be appropriate to have (or hide in 
the nonfiction section with the other literature) in the middle school for them?  
Are there other awards (other than Newberry/Caldecott) that you would recommend I 
look through?

Here are links:
Hugo awards: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/
Pulitzers: http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction

Normally I'd be up on these things but I'm teaching three classes this year and 
creating curriculum for them as I go.  I'm also the new maintainer of the website, 
which just got revamped.  It's being rebuilt from scratch.  See me hanging on by my 
fingernails-it's a wild ride!  :)

Thank you  in advance.
You ladies and gentlemen are awesome.

Nicole Meintz
Teacher Librarian
Legg Middle School
Coldwater, MI 49036
meinn@coldwaterschools.org

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