[LIT] after The Book Thief

[shighley at aol.com]

Margaret:
When I read your post about The Book Thief on Thursday, I thought, 
"What a great idea!" and "What a coincidence", because I'm reading it 
right now in anticipation of my book club that will discuss it tomorrow 
(Monday) night at church.  How great that you involved over 40 kids to 
read such a special book.  It made me wonder how I could incorporate 
something like that at my school.

Then, I got to the end of your post and realized that I know 
you-another coincidence.  We are reading The Book Thief for our church 
book club since it's going to be announced as Carmel's "One Book" 
tomorrow, and we got advanced notice from the library.  They are going 
to be holding special events from now until March that relate to the 
book; maybe some of your students would be interested in attending some 
of them (and maybe you already knew this when you read the book).

For another book to do a similar activity, I would suggest 
Westerfield's Uglies.  That book (and series) is rich for adolescent 
discussion, copies are relatively inexpensive and easily attainable, 
and students (boys and girls) like it.

Anything from your students' discussions of Book Thief I should share 
with my book group at Orchard Park tomorrow night?

Susie Highley
Creston Middle School Media Specialist
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