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From: carolgrannick at comcast.net <carolgrannick>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:58:08 +0000
I will add a word so that Esme does not have to feel less modest than she is. VIVE LA PARIS is a powerful, complex and intensely engaging story with a voice that pulls the reader in to Paris' world. I highly recommend it for students and teachers; it is a book with universal appeal.
Carol Grannick Wilmette IL
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: esme codell <esme at ripco.com>
> Hi,all,
>
> I don't know if this thread is still going (forgive me, I've been out of
> town for a week!), but I really wanted to let folks know about my book I
> wrote specifically to address bullying: VIVE LA PARIS (the companion novel
> to another novel I wrote, SAHARA SPECIAL). It's the story of a boy in the
> eighth grade who is being mercilessly bullied by a girl in the fifth grade,
> for a reason no one initially can figure out. It's told through the eyes of
> his sister, Paris, who is getting angrier and angrier at her brother's
> antagonist, but is trying to resolve the problem without violence. She is
> supported by her piano teacher, a Holocaust survivor, who gives Paris the
> yellow star she has kept through the war. When Paris mistakes the star for a
> gang symbol and wears it to school, things come to a head.
>
> I don't like to talk about my own work on listservs, but after reading
> Ruth's post, I wanted to share this because I wrote VIVE LA PARIS
> specifically to talk about bullying both now and in a historical context,
> and with classroom discussions in grades 5-8 in mind. I was inspired to to
> explore the question of how hard it is to be your brother's keeper (plenty
> hard!) and the catastrophes that happen when we don't step up to the task.
> I'm very proud because it's the only book to feature an African American
> protagonist to win a Sydney Taylor honor award, and also, in my opinion,
> it's been my best writing effort so far. ;-)
>
> Happy reading!
> Esm? Raji Codell
> Site Director
> PlanetEsme.com
> Be a part of The PlanetEsme Plan! www.planetesme.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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Received on Mon 24 Mar 2008 10:58:08 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:58:08 +0000
I will add a word so that Esme does not have to feel less modest than she is. VIVE LA PARIS is a powerful, complex and intensely engaging story with a voice that pulls the reader in to Paris' world. I highly recommend it for students and teachers; it is a book with universal appeal.
Carol Grannick Wilmette IL
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: esme codell <esme at ripco.com>
> Hi,all,
>
> I don't know if this thread is still going (forgive me, I've been out of
> town for a week!), but I really wanted to let folks know about my book I
> wrote specifically to address bullying: VIVE LA PARIS (the companion novel
> to another novel I wrote, SAHARA SPECIAL). It's the story of a boy in the
> eighth grade who is being mercilessly bullied by a girl in the fifth grade,
> for a reason no one initially can figure out. It's told through the eyes of
> his sister, Paris, who is getting angrier and angrier at her brother's
> antagonist, but is trying to resolve the problem without violence. She is
> supported by her piano teacher, a Holocaust survivor, who gives Paris the
> yellow star she has kept through the war. When Paris mistakes the star for a
> gang symbol and wears it to school, things come to a head.
>
> I don't like to talk about my own work on listservs, but after reading
> Ruth's post, I wanted to share this because I wrote VIVE LA PARIS
> specifically to talk about bullying both now and in a historical context,
> and with classroom discussions in grades 5-8 in mind. I was inspired to to
> explore the question of how hard it is to be your brother's keeper (plenty
> hard!) and the catastrophes that happen when we don't step up to the task.
> I'm very proud because it's the only book to feature an African American
> protagonist to win a Sydney Taylor honor award, and also, in my opinion,
> it's been my best writing effort so far. ;-)
>
> Happy reading!
> Esm? Raji Codell
> Site Director
> PlanetEsme.com
> Be a part of The PlanetEsme Plan! www.planetesme.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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