Happy First Day of School!

I know some of you have been back to school for a while, and some of you don’t go to school anymore…. so, Happy Tuesday to you!

This fall, my children’s literature students have a great list of books to choose from for their literature circles. It’s a good mix of some old favorites and some new stars. Here they are:

Fantasy

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Historical Fiction

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

Contemporary Realistic Fiction

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

“Mixed” Genre

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Holes by Louis Sachar

It’s going to be a great semester! Enjoy the new season!