http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/ Middle School Lit Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:13:30 GMT BudNotBuddy@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3972 Richie's Picks: ACCOMPLICE by Eireann Corrigan, Scholastic Press, August 2010, 296p, ISBN: 978-0-545-05236-8 "The lights turned on and the curtain fell down, Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:35:48 GMT BudNotBuddy@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3971 Richie's Picks: UBIQUITOUS: CELEBRATING NATURE'S SURVIVORS by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange, ill. Houghton Mifflin, April 2010, 40p., ISBN: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:36:35 GMT Vickie Riggs Selleck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3970 I just finished E. L. Konigsburgs 'Silent to the Bone.' A+. Yes, it's true I'm reading older books. That's what happens when you're a late-in-life career Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:09:31 GMT Zach Kowalski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3969 I'm reading a bunch of great books..... -Savage by Almond -Skellig by Almond -The Mailbox -Stop Pretending -Bonechiller -The White Darkness -tons more... ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:20:57 GMT Arthur Slade http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3968 I'm loving the grotesquely beautiful audiobook for Monstrumologist and reading Drood (a grown up book about Charles Dickens and a ghostly character Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:01:26 GMT professornana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3967 NOMINATE A YOUNG HERO FOR A $2,500 BARRON PRIZE! The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2010 awards. The Barron Prize honors young Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:15:02 GMT Carol Grannick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3966 Coming out of lurkdom to share a just-finished excellent read - Mary Amato's INVISIBLE LINES. Beautiful writing, great story integrating social issues Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:32:05 GMT Pam Atkinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3965 I just finished Maze Runner and Unwind.  Loved them both and concur that they would be great reads for those who enjoyed Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:11:11 GMT Michelle Reasso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3964 I loved the Knife of Never Letting Go and so do the kids here.  Loved the sequel as well.  Even more violent, but it has deep, mature messages.  Gone is Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:38:22 GMT Friday, Kendra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3963 I just finished The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. It's violent, but kids like it. I thought it had a good message. It definitely held my Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:33:16 GMT Sandra Carswell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3962 Just finishing up City of Bones by Clare. I was convinced by a 6th grade girl and librarians from LM_Net it was tame enough for jh. I'm also just finishing Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:07:53 GMT Geri Dosalua http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3961 Am reading advance copy of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by newbie author Heidi W. Durrow. Very good. She had my attention from the very first page. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:47:31 GMT ljscheer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3960 Richie--love the review of CRUNCH so much that I want to read it now. The concept stuck in my head and prompted a discussion with my hubby. Anyone have an ARC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:32:48 GMT Spielman, Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3959 I finished the Dairy Queen trilogy by Murdock, Sleepaway Girls by Calonita and Purple Heart by McCormick. My kids are still hooked on everything by Singleton, Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:56:01 GMT lwillow@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middle_school_lit/message/3958 Yesterday, I read KIP CAMPBELL'S GIFT, the second book in The Funeral Director's Son line by Coleen Murtagh Paratore. Middle grade. Male protag, son of a