The Smack that Will Not Die

As the year slid to an end we ran out of time to crown our winner....after all that read read and all that quit....quit..............Your winner is Scrawl!

Sure it was close and who knows if those last few votes would have moved it in another direction? Arlene and I had a blast and hope we can Smack back with you this year....stay tuned and enjoy your time back at school.

Annabel's Long Awaited or Overdue Post

Scrawl is it for me. The combination of a mixed up male character who struggled with his home life and sometimes his friends but secretly excelled in school drew me in. I liked the honesty of his journal and thought there was lots in there that many different students might be able to relate to. The characters all came to life for me and I wished there was a page after the last page!

Andrew 2 Votes...

It has to be Nothing. It may be more "mature" than the other choices, but I don't think we need to be scared off by that. I think it will force students to think. And I like that. Amazing book.

OK, I just have to say that we have to get past calling Nothing an adult book. Let's call it mature. I fully intend to place it in my box of choices for my Literature Kit unit for my IB 9's. It is a great choice for fulfilling my "international literature" component. Of course, I also offer Kite Runner and A Long Way Gone to the same students as choices (with a parent consent form).

It's not for every kid, but it is an amazing choice for some kids.

That said, I would not be sad to see Scrawl win. I also ordered multiple copies of that one for my grade eights.

(And I agree about When You Reach Me, too, since I ordered multiple copies for my grade sevens)

Happy summer to all!

Scrawl

Add two more votes for Scrawl from Arlene and Donna.

Repeat from Westminister

If you missed my earlier Tweet (one of the few that showed up), I insist that Nothing should win.

ABM Andrew Reports In...

I did not read the third book – due to time, lack of book sharing and well to be honest I probably would have cracked if I had one more thing to do.

Between Nothing and Scrawl it is hands down Scrawl as in my humble opinion –Nothing is not even a book for students (more of an adult book on the form of a young readers novel and really – not that good)