This week’s book talks 9/9-13

Monday

Zero Tolerance  by Claudia Mills

Tuesday

Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Wednesday

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

Thursday

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

Friday

The Faitful Spy by John Hendrix

 

 

 

This week’s booktalks 9/11-15

 

Monday, September 11

Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Tuesday, September 12

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

Wednesday, September 13

I meant to talk about Booked, but when I learned most kids hadn’t read Kwame Alexander’s Crossover, I booktalked both.

 

Thursday, September  14

Lucy and Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown

Friday, September 15

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle, provided a little humor for the end of the week.

 

The Top 10 Novels in my Library

The classroom library inventory is complete. Books are still missing, but they continue to trickle in. With no more checking out going on, I’ve taken some time to look over what was checked out. Graphic novels led the way, and my next post will be about the top 10 graphic novels. Today I will announce the top 10 novels in ascending order.

 

#10 Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin

 

#9 Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

 

#8  Half Brother  by Kenneth Oppel

 

#7  The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

 

#6 Wonder by R. J. Palacio

 

#5 Restart by Gordon Korman

 

#4 I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

 

#3 The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

 

#2  Zero Tolerance by Claudia Mills

 

#1 Cinder by Marissa Meyer

 

 

 

 

 

Before

Yesterday’s book was for YA readers. Today’s book Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin, is definitely for middle grade readers.

We often think of how 9/11 impacted NYC in particular, but this book, with characters in California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and NYC, shows how people all over the country were affected. This could be a great beginning of the year read aloud because it honors the event, but also shows the universal problems tweens face, even though they often feel alone.

Publisher’s Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers.

Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day—until a plane struck the World Trade Center.

But right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going about their lives. Sergio, who lives in Brooklyn, is struggling to come to terms with the absentee father he hates and the grandmother he loves. Will’s father is gone, too, killed in a car accident that has left the family reeling. Naheed has never before felt uncomfortable about being Muslim, but at her new school she’s getting funny looks because of the head scarf she wears. Aimee is starting a new school in a new city and missing her mom, who has to fly to New York on business.

These four don’t know one another, but their lives are about to intersect in ways they never could have imagined. Award-winning author Nora Raleigh Baskin weaves together their stories into an unforgettable novel about that seemingly perfect September day—the day our world changed forever.