In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a meme started by Kristi at the Story Siren. Please go to her blog for more book ideas.

This week I'm desperately trying to make a dent in my summer reading list that was assigned to my students. I'm moving islands this year and have a new job teaching 9th grade English. The books were assigned by the department so I got the following from the local library:

The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel is a glimpse of Samoan life through the eyes of 10-year-old Samoana.

The Shimmering: Ka 'Olili by Keola Beamer, a slack key guitarist and singer, writes of that place where modern and ancient Hawai'i meet.










Hawaiian Fishing Traditions by Moke Manu is a collection of legends essays on traditional fishing practices.










Ancient O'ahu: Stories from Fornander and Thrum - stories collected by Fornander and Thrum in the 1800's and translated into English.

Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl











Baby No-Eyes by Patrcia Grace
Baby No-eyes is Te Paania's first child, killed in a car crash before she even leaves the womb. Baby's ghost returns to comfort Te Paania, and when Baby's brother Tawera is born he takes her place in the world although she is always by his side.







Siddhartha by Herman Hesse











I realize that we lose readers in high school when the demands of the books they must read overwhelm their ability to read the books they want to read, so although there are things that I "must" teach in a secondary classroom, I will try my best to balance that with free choice and the power to show learning in a variety of ways.

Happy reading week to you all!

In My Mailbox (2)

In My Mailbox is a cool meme by The Story Siren.

Now that my youngest son has Saturday baseball practice across town, it's a perfect opportunity to visit our public library- especially since he now has his own book blog and he reads so fast. I need to keep him supplied. Here's what I got:

Ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley

This is the second ghostgirl book. In this one, Charlotte is abandoned by her friends, stuck in a cubicle doing a job she doesn't want to do. This is not her idea of heaven. Ace of Cakes did a great ghostgirl cake, and this is probably a book that I'll end up buying because of the cover.

 My Most Excellent Year: a Novel of love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

From Booklist:Boston teens T. C. and Augie are such close friends that their families acknowledge them as brothers. Alejandra has recently arrived from Washington, D.C., where her father served as a Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Written in multiple voices and nontraditional formats, including instant messages and school assignments, Kluger’s crowded, exuberant novel follows the three high-school freshman through an earth-shaking year in which musical-theater-obsessed Augie realizes that he is gay, Alejandra reveals her theatrical talents to disapproving parents, and T. C. tries to make a deaf child’s greatest wish come true.

What did you get?

In My Mailbox (1)

I'm trying this meme for the first time. In My Mailbox lists the books that come weekly in my mailbox. Items mentioned have been received from various sources, such as the library, the publisher/author, or bought by me. This event is hosted by Kristi of The Story Siren.

Review:

Crossing the Bridge by Michael Baron

  The Pale Assassin by Patricia Elliott

Bought:

The Ask and The Answer: Chaos Walking, Book 2 by Patrick Ness

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Dead and the Gone (Moon 2) by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl