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From: Dean Schneider <schneiderd>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:09:09 -0600
In reply to KT:
I think any time a writer decides to do something different, something other than what he's known for, he runs the risk that the book will miss the appropriate audience. I have a 7th grader who says she read Speak when she was in 3rd or 4th grade, and she's the first to say, "Mr. Schneider, I think I should have waited on that one." Even with The Giver, Lois Lowry was horrified to hear that it was being taught as early as 3rd or 4th grade in some schools; not that the subject is especially strong or offensive, but how is a person that young going to understand the story?
Anyway, there seems to be agreement that Hole in My Life is appropriate for the upper age limit of the Sibert but is most appropriate for the high school reader and adult.
Dean
Received on Wed 26 Feb 2003 12:09:09 PM CST
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:09:09 -0600
In reply to KT:
I think any time a writer decides to do something different, something other than what he's known for, he runs the risk that the book will miss the appropriate audience. I have a 7th grader who says she read Speak when she was in 3rd or 4th grade, and she's the first to say, "Mr. Schneider, I think I should have waited on that one." Even with The Giver, Lois Lowry was horrified to hear that it was being taught as early as 3rd or 4th grade in some schools; not that the subject is especially strong or offensive, but how is a person that young going to understand the story?
Anyway, there seems to be agreement that Hole in My Life is appropriate for the upper age limit of the Sibert but is most appropriate for the high school reader and adult.
Dean
Received on Wed 26 Feb 2003 12:09:09 PM CST
