The WJMS Book club met this afternoon from 3:45 until 4:30 in the media center. Deliberating on several options (The Page Turners, Rowdy Readers, On the Same Page, Novel Noters, etc.), the 30 students in attendance decided to call this group the Book Worms. We discussed the book club contract and how the club would [...]
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WJMS Book Club
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged Book Club, Found, Life As We Knew It, margaret peterson haddix, Susan Beth Pfeffer on August 19, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged booktalk, margaret peterson haddix, Reading, Time travel on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who’s also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, “You are one of the missing.” The second one says, “Beware! They’re coming back to get you.” Jonah, Chip, [...]
Recommended Reading List
Posted in Reading, tagged Alice Hoffman, Andrew Clements, ann brashares, anthony horowitz, Aquamarine, Caroline B. Cooney, Chris Wooding, Cliff McNish, Cornelia Funke, Double Identity, E. L. Konigsburg, Edward Bloor, Ellen Raskin, Flight #116 is Down!, Flipped, Found, Framed, Hunger Games, Ingrid Law, malcolm rose, margaret peterson haddix, Monster, Neil Gaiman, Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, Paul Zindel, Peak, Pigman and Me, reading list, rick riordan, Roland Smith, sarah weeks, Savvy, scott westerfeld, Sea of Monsters, So B. It, Storm Thief, Stormbreaker, Suzanne Collins, Tangerine, The Graveyard Book, The Lightning Thief, The Silver Child, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Westing Game, Thief Lord, Things Not Seen, Uglies, Walter Dean Myers, Wendelin Van Draanen on May 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So many students approach me during the year looking for a good book. I decided to dedicate a post to books from our middle school library collection that I have read this year and recommend to my students. I will continually add to the list so make sure to check back often. I welcome suggestions for me [...]
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged Aging, booktalk, margaret peterson haddix, Turnabout on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did you ever see video run backwards so that it looks like something happened in reverse? There is a commercial that shows a fire, and it runs backwards so that the house becomes complete again. There is another that shows a messy stain on a shirt, and the tape reverses so that the stain disappears. [...]
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