[CASL-L] 10th grade book for the classroom

[Valerie DiLorenzo]

Dear Kristine,

I love, love, love *This Train is Being Held * by Ismee Williams. Baseball
player, dancer, mental illness, Latino characters, romance, the subway,
NYC, and so much more. One of my fav reads of 2021 for sure.

Best,
~Val

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Listening to:
*The Descendent of the Crane* by Joan He (downloaded via Sync
<https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/> free, audiobook program this past
summer)

Currently Reading:
*ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with
Distraction--from Childhood Through Adulthood* by Edward M. Hallowell,
M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.
*The Murmur of Bees* by Sofia Segovia
*The Jumbies *by Tracey Baptiste (GRA '21 Middle Grade)
*Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the
Power Of Storytelling* by Matthew Dicks
*Hello, Future Me* by Kim Ventrella

Recently finished:
*This Train is Being Held * by Ismee Williams
*The Book of Lost Friends* by Lisa Wingate
*Be Dazzled* by Ryan La Sala
*Something to Say* by Lisa Moore Ramee
*The Right Side of Reckless* by Whitney D. Grandison (#CTCASLReads)
*Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions* by Dan
Rothstein and Luz Santana
*Not Your Sidekick *by C.B. Lee (via Sync
<https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/> free, audiobook program)
*Dust: Heirs of Neverland, Book One *by Kara Swanson (via Sync
<https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/> free, audiobook program)
*The Seed Keeper* by Diane Wilson
*A Thousand Questions *by Saadia Faruqi
*Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Happiness *by Don Vu
*The Adventure is Now *by Jess Redman
*Unplugged* by Gordon Korman
*Sasha Masha* by Agnes Borinsky (via Sync
<https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/> free, audiobook program)



On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 10:38 AM KRISTINE P. EMOND <emond.kp at easthartford.org>
wrote:

> Good Morning!
>
>
> I am in search of some suggestions.  Our 10th grade English teachers are
> looking to add a YA novel to their classroom reading list. They want
> a minority character as the main character and a story that isn't focused
> on racial injustice.  I am creating a list of titles and wanted to see if
> anyone has a novel like this being taught by their teachers with success.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Kristine Emond
>
> East Hartford High School
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