[CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation

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I love Feed by M. T. Anderson. Interesting things to discuss about consumerism and technology.

-Lisa Blackwell
Polytechnic HS
Sun Valley

--- Original Message ---
From:Headley Vicki <Headley_Vicki at cupertino.k12.ca.us>
Sent:Tue 6/2/09  12:43 pm
To:Sheila Bennett-Newton <sbn at marin.k12.ca.us>,anne snyder <asnyder at ceres.k12.ca.us>,calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu
Subj:Re: [CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation

And his other one, I am the messenger.  LOTS to talk about with Zusak.
Vicki


On 6/2/09 12:27 PM, "Sheila Bennett-Newton" <sbn at marin.k12.ca.us> wrote:

> 
> A YA novel I enjoyed is The Book Thief.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sheila Bennett-Newton
> Library Media Teacher
> Sir Francis Drake High School
> 1327 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
> San Anselmo, CA 94960
> (415)458-3440
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Anne Snyder" <asnyder at ceres.k12.ca.us>
> Sent 6/2/2009 10:18:39 AM
> To: "calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu" <calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu>
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Seeking a Book Club Recommendation
> 
> Dear Calib Friends,
>  
> I belong to a small, all-female book club whose members (all close friends of
> mine) have diverse tastes and careers (from stay-at-home mom who used to work
> as a Marriage & Family counselor to a Livermore Lab computer projects manager
> to a property manager with an Oxford PhD in archaeology).  We alternate
> picking the titles we read, and it is my turn next and I would appreciate some
> suggestions.   Recent well-received titles have included The Brief Wondrous
> Life of Oscar Wao, People of the Book, and To Kill a Mockingbird .  A book we
> universally didn't enjoy was Out Stealing Horses.
>  
> I want to convince them that YA literature has compelling offerings we would
> enjoy and would greatly appreciate suggestions of YA titles you or your
> students have read and would recommend.   I don't know yet whether I will tell
> them in advance that I am picking a YA book or not.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Anne
>  
> Anne Snyder, MLIS
> K-8 Librarian
> Ceres Unified School District
> (209)556-1500 Ext. 1109
>  
>  
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