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I did not expect this.

Blended by Sharon Draper

January 28, 2019 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

Last week, my boss gave me this book and asked me if I would prepare a presentation on it for some workshops we have coming up. It looked cute: pink and white stripes on the cover and a girl spilling her ice cream. Sounded fine to me! And the book was indeed fine. Blended tells the story of Isabella, a sixth grader with divorced parents. She struggles to adapt to the back-and-forth custody arrangement that her parents have, and doesn’t feel like she can call […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Angie Thomas, blended, cbr11, Scootsa1000, sharon draper, the hate u give

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Angie Thomas, blended, cbr11, Scootsa1000, sharon draper, the hate u give ·
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Recommended by many Middle-School Students

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper

February 10, 2017 by vel veeter 1 Comment

I have a standing (almost never used ) policy with my students that if they tell me about a book or bring me a book I will read it and talk with them about it. Ideally, they will write me a paragraph explaining why they like it or why they want to share it. This is one of those books. It’s interesting because this particular student is really sweet and funny, but not necessarily always engaged in class or has shown this kind of initiative […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: copper sun, sharon draper

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: copper sun, sharon draper ·
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