[LIT] New Books Please! Books Closeout.com

[Beverly Maddox]

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Note from me:  Lost of remainders, some which should be recycled as
paper for new books, but there are some wonderful selections here,
too.  Arthur Geisert's book, "Prairie Town" is on sale--I'm buying it.
You midwesterners would like it for its usefulness as a read aloud to
spark all sorts of lessons for geography, economics, math, as well as
language arts.  One of my favorite books, Beast by Donna Jo Napoli is
on sale, too.  The best retelling of Beauty and the Beast I've ever
read!  From the point of view of the beast, and provides insights into
the Persian origins of the story.  If you have an hour to kill, shop
this site--but be warned, there's more junk and dreck than useful
stuff.  But we're astute enough to find the jewels.

Beverly Maddox
bmaddox at comcast.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org
[mailto:lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of TLP
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:11 AM
To: Lit Site
Subject: [LIT] New Books Please!


When following the thread about core novels,  I
noticed very few "new books" added to the mix. What is
out there now for middle level kids that will cause
kids to say, "Hey, that was a great book!" So lets put
our heads together. Here are a couple my kids have
really liked and also lets look at some good
literature. 
Here's some well liked from my class:

The Clique books by Lisi Harriman (not literature but
certainly pertains to the everyday life of a middle
school girl)My girls loved theM AND the boys could
care less! 
http://tinyurl.com/qs838

Both the  boys and girls liked  boys loved the Anthony
Horowitz Alex Rider adventures such as "Stormbreaker"
and "Pointblank"
http://tinyurl.com/m3dkf 

I will be sharing "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster
Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt with my class this school
year. 
http://tinyurl.com/py4wb

It is an excellent book with so many possibilities. It
is a good fictional literature but based on some very
real and disturbing events in Maine, 1912. In fact
this is a book I would like to propose as a possible
reading and sharing novel on our list. I would love to
work together and share some ideas for use in the
classroom as well. 

Finally,  a new read that I absolutely loved is titles
"Rules" by Cynthia Lord. you can read my review on
Amazon. 

http://tinyurl.com/rpdtb

Check these out if you like and please, share some new
books today!

TLP

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