Another book by my intrepid students who decide that if they’ve ever read a book, they should ask me to read it. No worries, this one is perfectly good. I liked this book just fine. I am glad that my student asked me to check it out. I have read two other books by Sharon Creech, Love that Dog and Hate that Cat, about a student who is earnestly fighting against an assignment designed to make him love poetry. This one is a little different. In this […]
When mom is gone
This is not a book that I had been meaning to read, but it’s the first 7th grade reading assignment for this year, and I figured I might be able to help my son a bit if I read it too. Oy! I was not prepared for the gut punch of this story and I wonder what kind of conversations it will generate amongst 12 year olds. Walk Two Moons is the story of Salamanca Tree Hiddle and her family falling apart. She’s just a […]