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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.
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8th grade: Date TBA in February | |
| David Levithan |
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David Levithan 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 came out as a major motion picture this fall.
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7th grade: Date TBA | |
| Gordon Korman |
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We are really hoping that Gordan Korman can come to Saint Ann's. We'll keep our fingers crossed! Gordon Korman is the author of Swindle and many many other titles, such as Born to Rock and Son of the Mob.
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| 6th grade: Date TBA | ||
| Gary Schmidt |
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It's a long shot, but we are hoping that we can have Gary Schmidt come to Saint Ann's. He is the author of The Wednesday Wars and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (a Newbery and Prinz honor book).
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| 5th grade: Date TBA | ||
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D. Ferraiolo |
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It looks like Jack Ferraiolo, author of The Big Splash might come to Saint Ann's! The Big Splash is a hard-boiled detective story written in a Dashiell Hammett-like style. It's a lot of fun.
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| 4th Grade: TBA | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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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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