From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:33:45 -0700

Robin...it's interesting that you mention Go Ask Alice...believe it or not, they are STILL asking for that one today, LOL. I find this very funny because when I graduated in (double gasp) '75, that book was all the rage. Ditto for S.E. Hinton's books...these have a timeless quality that just never loses its shine.


Celeste Steward

Collection Development Librarian, Children's Services Alameda County Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538

-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Robin Smith Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 6:08 PM To: Margie Wirth; ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] reluctant readers

So, what are some books you all have found for high school students who are reluctant readers? It's been too long since I was in high school(graduated in '77, gasp), but I still remember a class called
"Cultural Themes" that was tied to music and pop culture. I was not a reluctant reader, but I find I can still remember the books in that class. Among them: Go Ask Alice The Bell Jar (why I ended up at Sylvia Plath's college maybe?) Johnny Got His Gun


I think it was then that The Lord of the Rings was being passed from kid to kid, too. I did not like fantasy then, but lots of my guy friends
(the kids who loved Monty Python) shared them like candy.

I would love to hear what high school students might read for pure pleasure and pass on to friends.

Robin Smith
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