[CASL-L] [EXTERNAL] Book List for Critical Literacy unit

[Kristen Shanley]

Not specifically that exact focus, but we had our students do a Social
Justice/Diversity book clubs in the fall with the following titles:

*7th grade *
Ghost Boys
Front Desk
Boy 21
The Bridge Home
Lily and Dunkin
Genesis Begins Again


*8th grade *
Amal Unbound
All American Boys
Watch Us Rise
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish



*Kristen Shanley *
Dodd Library Media Specialist

*What I'm Reading Now: *

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins


*Listening to: *
*Think Like a Monk *by Jay Shetty
Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins

*Recently Finished: *
*Forged by Reading by *Kylene Beers and Robert Probst
*Ordinary Hazards* by Nikki Grimes
*Anxious People* by Frederick Backman
*This Time Next Year *by Sophie Cousens
*Pretty Little Wife* by Darby Kane
*The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany* by Lori Nelson Spielman
*Bouncing Back by *Scott Ostler
*All the Impossible Things *by Lindsay Lackey
*Nikki on the Line *by Barbara Carroll Roberts















On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:03 AM Levesque, Mary <
levesquem at stafford.k12.ct.us> wrote:

>
> Good morning all,
>
> Our 8th grade is getting ready to start a new unit - Critical Literacy:
> Unlocking Contemporary Fiction and they are looking for a list of titles to
> offer the kids.
>
> What have you all been using for this unit?  This is our first time with
> this unit and I am looking for suggestions to pass along.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kate
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