JAGUARS!
Read the Principal's Book of the Month for your Grade Level. Choose at least ONE activity listed above to complete and then win a really fantastic prize - like gift cards. Happy Reading! If you want to discuss the book, have questions, or want some help completing Book of the Month questions, let me know, and I will set up a Google Meet or Zoom. [email protected] (copy and pasted email address)
8th GRADE -
Born A Crime; Stories from A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Description: The author shares his personal journey from his birth in South Africa to his job behind a desk at "The Daily Show." "The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love." Mature language & situations, at times. Where to find Born A Crime: For the eBook: Go to Clever. Go to MackinVIA under Research & Information Tools. Type in the Title or Go to the Explore Cultures Group. Open and Read! OR Go to Clever. Go to Sora under ELA. Type in the Title. Open and Read! OR FREE! I have a few paperback books of this title to give away - you may keep your copy. If you want a copy in order to participate, please request here: forms.gle/pzAZRtqwvtAnCiJWA
7th GRADE -
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Description: Graphic novel. As alienated kids go, Jin Wang is fairly run-of-the-mill. He eats lunch by himself in a corner of the schoolyard, gets picked on by bullies and jocks and develops a sweat-inducing crush on a pretty classmate. And, oh, yes, his parents are from Taiwan. This much-anticipated, affecting story about growing up different is more than just the story of a Chinese-American childhood; it's a fable for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. Where to find American Born Chinese: For the eBook: Go to Clever. Go to MackinVIA under Research & Information Tools. Type in the Title or Go to the Explore Cultures Group. Open and Read! OR Go to Clever. Go to Sora under ELA. Type in the Title. Open and Read! FREE! I have some brand-new paperback books of this title to give away - you may keep your copy. Please request here: forms.gle/pzAZRtqwvtAnCiJWA
6th GRADE -
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee Description: "Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum. Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real." Where to find A Good Kind of Trouble: eBook: Go to Clever. Go to MackinVIA under Research & Information Tools. Type in the Title or Search in the Group "Project Lit/Social Justice" Open and Read! OR FREE! I have some brand-new paperback books of this title to give away - you may keep your copy. If you want a copy in order to participate, please request here: forms.gle/pzAZRtqwvtAnCiJWA
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