[LIT] mid-summer book recs

[Deborah Bova]

Please let me know your thoughts and reactions as you "live' through this 
book. The fact that this book begins and ends in Afghanistan and takes us 
from a childhood to an adult life in a culture that we clearly do not 
understand and need to know is only part of the wonder of this novel. We 
live through the character's journey as a human... we endure all of the pain 
of a restrictive culture and experience 9\11 from another perspective. I 
could not put it down...this from me. the gal who only reads books by 
British or UK authors set in the British Isles.  Wow... it is best read that 
I have had in ages.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ginny White" <ginnywhitefl at earthlink.net>
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." 
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs


> On Jul 20, 2007, at 3:24 AM, Deborah Bova wrote:
>> Have you read A thousand Splendid Suns by the author of the Kite
>> Runner? It
>> is a marvelous and  breath taking book.
>
> My mothers/daughters/sisters/friends multi-generational book club is
> discussing this book on August 2.  I am finishing one more YA book
> (Eggs by Jerry Spinelli) before I start it.  I wanted to have it fresh
> on my mind for the discussion instead of several books back.  Will let
> you know if anything great is said but so far those who have finished
> it have loved it.  I like your choice of "breath taking" as a
> description.
>
> Ginny White
> Fernandina Beach Middle (FL)
>
>
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