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Middle School Reading Series
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Here at Saint Ann's we have an incredible community of readers and writers
in the middle school. In an effort to encourage them, the English Department
and the Library have joined forces. We proudly present The Middle School
Reading Series.
We have many fabulous authors coming to speak to each grade: |
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Special Event! Middle School Manga Workshop: September, 2009 | ||||
| Misako Rocks |
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Misako Rocks is the author and illustrator of Detective Jermain, Biker Girl and Rock and Roll Love. She has come two years in a row to talk to kids about growing up in Japan and to teach them how to draw their own manga. It's always so much fun!
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8th grade: December 1st | ||||
| Natalie Standiford |
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Natalie is the author of How To Say Goodbye in Robot, a quirky literary hit! Check out her website: http://www.nataliestandiford.com
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| 7th grade: TBA | |||||
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| 6th grade: March 10th | |||||
| Mitali
Perkins |
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Mitali is the author of Monsoon Summer, The Not-So-Star Spangled Life of Sunita Sen, and Secret Keeper. We are so excited to welcome Mitali this spring! Check out her website: |
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| 4th Grade: May 3rd | |||||
| Michael Buckley |
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Michael is the author of the wildly popular The Sisters Grimm series, a modern twist on some old favorites. Check out his website: |
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| 2008 - 2009 | |||||
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David
Levithan read to the 8th grade. He is the author of Boy
Meets Boy, Are We There Yet?, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
(co-authored with Rachel Cohn), and his latest How We Met, among
many others. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist recently came
out as a major motion picture. Jack
D. Ferraiolo read to the 5th grade Cathleen
Davitt Bell read
to the 4th grade |
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| 2007 - 2008 | |||||
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E.
Lockhart read
to the 8th grade Libba
Bray read
to the 7th grade Pseudonymous
Bosch read
to the 5th grade Jeff
Kinney read
to the 4th grade |
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| 2006 - 2007 | |||||
| Scott
Westerfeld read to the 8th grade Scott is the author of the Uglies trilogy, the Midnighters trilogy, as well as Peeps, The Blue Noon and The Last Days. Check out his website at: http://www.scottwesterfeld.com Catherine Gilbert Murdock read to the 7th grade Catherine is the author of Dairy Queen. Check out her webpage: http://www.catherinemurdock.com Jenny Han read to the 6th grade Jenny is the author of Shug. Check out her website: http://www.jennyhanwrites.com James Howe read to the 5th grade James Howe is the author of The Misfits, Totally Joe and the Bunnicula series. Jon Scieszka read the the 4th grade Jon is the author of The Time Warp Trio series, as well as countless other books. He also created Guys Read, a website for book recommendations: http://www.guysread.com |
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2005 - 2006 | ||||
| John
Green Looking for Alaska just won the 2006 Michael Printz award! This is the award given by the American Library Association for the best book of the year for young adults. John lives in New York and has a really great blog. Check it out! http://www.sparksflyup.com/weblog.php Patricia McCormick Cut My Brother's Keeper Patricia McCormick's upcoming book is called Sold and is about a girl who is taken from her home in Nepal and sold to a brothel in Calcutta. Check out her webpage: http://www.pattymccormick.com/index.php?mode=home Rachel Cohn Gingerbread Shrimp The Steps Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (co-authored w/ David Levithan) Rachel Cohn's latest book will be published this February and is called Two Steps Forward, and is a sequel to The Steps.Check out Rachel's webpage: http://www.rachelcohn.com/index.shtml Lisa Papademetriou Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks and Me M or F? Co-authored w/ Christopher Tebbetts Check out Lisa's webpage: http://www.lisapapa.com/ |
 
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2004 - 2005 | ||||
| Ned
Vizzini Author of Be more Chill and Teen Angst? Naaah. Ned read to the 8th grade. E. Lockhart aka Emily Jenkins, author of The Boyfriend List:(15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver) Emily read to the 7th grade. |
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