From: Linda M. Pavonetti <pavonett>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:14:33 -0500

Thanks for the reminder, Ginny. It will be especially interesting to hear Terry speak after the news yesterday that parents in Seattle have opted to medically stunt their daughter's growth.
"Along with hormone doses to limit her growth, Ashley's parents also opted for surgery to block breast growth and had her uterus and appendix removed. They say the treatment will help to improve her quality of life." I met with my YA lit class for the first time last night and read aloud the first two chapters of Trueman's Stuck in Neutral. Then I distributed the BBC article
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6229799.stm Published: 2007/01/04 11:05:24 GMT) The discussion was lively and quite interesting. Linda

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