Posts tagged with: bereavement

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Update as of 26 October 2011: This book continues to be controversial. Only this past spring, I was asked to help fight a push to not just remove this book from the twelfth grade curriculum of a public high school, but to remove the book from the school library, as well. The irony is that …read more…

Published on: 8 April 2011 by Ken

Categorized under: Amer. Indian/First Nations, Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Disabled, Graphic Novel/Story, Multicultural Literature, Parenting Issues, Publishing Issues, Teaching Issues, Writing Issues, YA Literature • Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Savage by David Almond

Blue Baker is just like any other kid who recently lost his father. Except that Blue is writing a story about a savage who lives in Burgess Woods, a savage who doesn’t speak but only communicates through grunts and growls. Blue’s savage terrorizes people like Hopper, who lives to terrorize people like Blue. Despite what …read more…

Published on: 31 March 2011 by Ken

Categorized under: Book Review, Books for Guys, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Graphic Novel/Story, Intermediate Literature • Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,