Re: book like The Greatest by Meyers

[Mary Dovey <mgdovey@comcast.net>]

Try the Bluford series books by Townsend Press. They are outstanding at
turning kids on to reading and are a steal at $1 each. (In fact, our kids
love them so much they are our "most stolen" books!)
Mary


On 11/16/06 7:58 PM, "shighley@aol.com" <shighley@aol.com> wrote:

> Nancy:
> What about We Beat the Streets, the younger version of The Pact, with a
> forward by Sharon draper?  It's about the boys in NJ who made the pact
> to help keep each other out of trouble, ultimately successful, but with
> some blips in teh road?
> 
> Susie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vait3@yahoo.com
> To: middle-lit@interversity.org
> Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 7:40 PM
> Subject: [middle-lit] book like The Greatest by Meyers
> 
>    I teach a boy (10th grade alternative high school) who
> is having a lot of trouble visualizing when he reads.
> He can decode but with little comprehension.  He chose
> and read The Greatest by Walter Dean Meyers earlier
> this fall and loved it.  He wrote long book letters
> with summary and in-depth responses, thanking me
> profusely for recommending the book.  If only it were
> always so easy . . . .  Now he's faltering and can't
> find another book.  He tried fiction, both Harris and
> Me and Crash, but I think the characters are too
> young, and he's not engaged at all.  He's really not a
> fiction kind-of-guy, I think, too.
> 
> I've checked Amazon for related books, and I have
> Kylene Beers When Children Can't Read out, looking at
> her recommended Biog-Autobio list.   Now I'm turning
> to you out in middle-lit land (at least those of you
> not in Nashville) to find out which titles similar to
> The Greatest have you have had success with,
> especially with older boys?  (This is for independent
> reading.)
> 
> I will appreciate any help.
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________________________________________________________
> ___________
> Sponsored Link
> 
> Rates near historic lows -
> $200,000 mortgage for $660/ month -
> http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com
> 
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Check out the new AOL.  Most comprehensive set of free safety and
> security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from
> across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Thanks to the folks who help keep Interversity
> (and Middle-Lit) going:
> http://interversity.org/benefactors.html