What’s this? I ask, picking up the letter that’s lying in the middle of my plate and scooching my chair closer to the table. When you get accustomed to people or places or ways of living, and then have them suddenly snatched away, it does leave an awfully empty, gnawing sort of sensation. Read moreĭon’t you think it would be interesting if you really could read the story of your life-written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author? They are already readers with some skill problem areas. I will put it on my shelves but I can think off hand of only three students that would maybe enjoy this book. They idea flowing throughout this book was that as long as you had a group of good friends and a good book then everything would work out. I fight to get them to read 10 – 30 minutes each day and for a large number of them they choose books that deal with issues they face, gangs, teen pregnancy, etc. This is where I knew I would lose my students. Amidst all of the situations the girls decide to become pen-pals with another book club in Wyoming. Not all of them were pleasant or easy to handle. Just like my eighth graders there were new changes for them to face. The four main characters Megan, Jess, Cassidy and Emma are starting eighth grade. I will tell you up front that it was a “cute” book but not one I really enjoyed. This is the third book in the Mother-Daughter Book Club Series.
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