Re: book like The Greatest by Meyers

["Mary Tigner-Rasanen" <mtr.listserves@marylily.org>]

i've had boys like Monster, also by myers. some need help understanding the 
structure of the novel, and a quick overview of that clears up a lot of 
confusion that they have to sort through otherwise.

mary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Vait" <vait3@yahoo.com>
To: <middle-lit@interversity.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:40 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
>
>
>
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