[CASL-L] Help! Suggestions needed on books

[Zieger, Gillian]

There is a great essay, if you'd also like to assign narrative nonfiction,
called "From Birnam Wood to Dunsinane, " by John McPhee (it's in the
anthology Pieces of the Frame) about a trip he took to Scotland with his
family to the historical places featured in Shakespeare's play.
Sophisticated writing, but a great essay!

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Nancy Carlson <carlsonn at fpsct.org> wrote:

> These are older books, The Disreputable History of Frankie Banks
> <https://www.amazon.com/Disreputable-History-Frankie-Landau-Banks/dp/0786838191> by
> E. Lockhart.
> Uglies <https://www.amazon.com/Uglies-Scott-Westerfeld/dp/1442419814>by
> Westerfield.
>
>
> Nancy M. Carlson
> Farmington High School
> Farmington, CT  06032
> carlsonn at fpsct.org
> FHS Library website www.fpsct.org/fhslibrary
> Twitter @FHSbooklovers
> Currently reading * Before We Were Yours *by Lisa Wingate
> Currently listening to *Little Monsters *by Kara Thomas
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Loretta Sullivan <b59lgian at mpspride.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have a request from one of our teachers.  Please see below.  Any
>> ideas?  Greatly appreciated...!  Thanks for any and all input.
>>
>> "I'm co-teaching *Macbeth* in a sophomore honors class this quarter.
>> We're mostly reading the play in class, but I'd love to give the students
>> something to read at home as well.
>>
>> Ideally, I'd like five or six books (variety of writers, protagonists,
>> etc) that relate in some way to the theme of power/ambition or that in some
>> other way have an interesting connection with *Macbeth*.
>>
>> I've scoured the book room for books that relate that maybe no one
>> teaches anymore, but haven't found much. I pulled *A Separate Peace,
>> Athletic Shorts, Othello, *and *Hamlet*. Those are all male
>> protagonists, all written by white men, etc. *Like Water for Chocolate* crossed
>> my mind (war, mysticism), as did *Carter Beats the Devil* (power, the
>> supernatural).
>> ​"
>> ​
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Loretta Sullivan
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Manchester High School
>>
>>
>>
>> "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
>>                                                        - Jorge Luis Borges
>>
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