[CASL-L] books for a high school boy

Valerie DiLorenzo vdilorenzo at rumseyhall.org
Wed Nov 14 09:48:05 PST 2018


A couple of my favs for some students who I want to be sure have a great
reading experience (to keep them wanting more!!!):
*Fallout* by Todd Strasser
*Slider *by Pete Hautmann

Happy reading!
~V.
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Currently reading:
*Monstrous Beauty* by Elizabeth Fama (audio)
*Black Wings Beating* by Alex London
*Amal Unbound *by Aisha Saeed (rereading for Global Read Aloud '18)
Recently finished:
*Outrun the Moon* by Stacey Lee
*Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring* by Angela Cervantes
*A Study in Charlotte* by Angela Cervantes (audio)
*Harbor Me* by Jacqueline Woodson
*Lead with Literacy: A Pirate Leader's Guide to Developing a Culture of
Readers *by Mandy Ellis
*Bob* by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
*The Curse of Crow Hollow* by Billy Coffey (audio)
*Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine* by Gail Honeyman
*Love, Hate and Other Filters* by Samira Ahmed
*Breakout* by Kate Messner
*Slider* by Pete Hautman
*The Compassionate Achiever: How Helping Others Fuels Success *by
Christopher L. Kukk
*Wild Blue Wonder* by Carlie Sorosiak
*You're Welcome Universe* by Whitney Gardner
*A Handful of Stars *by Cynthia Lord
*Unbound* by Ann E. Burg
*Solo* by Kwame Alexander
*On Two Feet and Wings *by Abbas Kazerooni (audio)


On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 10:11 AM Tietjen, Katherine <
ktietjen at easthamptonct.org> wrote:

> I have a sophomore who struggles to find books he enjoys. I’ve tried
> offering him a wide variety of titles and genres (including some of my
> usual reluctant reader go-to regular novels, graphic novels, hi-lows,
> etc.). He expressed frustration recently and told me he just wants to like
> a book again like he did when he was little L, which kind of broke my
> heart—he mentioned fond memories of reading Magic Treehouse and the Lunch
> Lady series. I’m going to order a few Wimpy Kids, which I personally love
> but don’t currently have in my collection. Any ideas for other titles or
> series I could try with him?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Katie
>
>
>
> Katie Tietjen
>
> Library Media Specialist
>
> East Hampton High School
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