From: Almagor, Lelac <LAlmagor>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:34:21 -0400

I'm actually really disappointed in Copper Sun as the CSK winner. I'm only halfway through, but the writing seems sloppy and cliched and there's not much depth to Draper's characters -- not surprising given her other young-adult novels, which I would characterize as high-interest but low-quality.

I'd much rather kids read Octavia Butler or, hey, Frederick Douglass or Harriet Jacobs -- though off the top of my head I can't think of any great narratives of enslavement and liberation for readers who would find those texts too difficult.

Ms. Lelac Almagor Lower School English Writing Center National Cathedral School for Girls www.ncsforgirls.org/lalmagor/ lalmagor at cathedral.org 202-537-2312
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