From: Karin Snelson <ksnelson>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:08:17 -0700

I can't stop thinking about 13-year-old Heck in Martine Leavitt's wonderful, gut-wrenching Heck Superhero (Front Street, 2004).

"Heck wasn't a superhero, or if he was, he was definitely in his flat stage, his no-curves-no-life-dead-on-the-page-stage. Of course, all superheros started off that way. It said so in his How to Draw Superheros book."


On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Gardow, Pamela wrote:

> Two great books that I have recently read deal with teens and
> disabilities. The portrayal of the disability adds depth to the
> characters without becoming the main plot focus, and both books
> serve up rich, memorable teens. They are:
>
> Sam, a recent high school graduate with Tourette's syndrome, from
> Jerk, California, by Jonathan Friesen. (Speak, 2008) Winner of the
> Schneider Family Book Award for teens.
>
> Marcelo, a 17 year with Asperger's syndrome, from Marcelo in the
> Real World, by Francisco X. Stork. (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009)
>
> Pam Gardow, Library Media Specialist
> Advisor, Teen Literacy Initiative
> Memorial High School
> 2225 Keith St.
> Eau Claire, WI 54701
> 715-852-6309
> pgardow at ecasd.k12.wi.us
>
>
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> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Character Driven
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> I'ts time to start our discussion for the second part of June:
> *
> * Character-Driven: Favorite Characters in Children's and Young Adult
> Literature.
>
> You know who they are. The characters that stand out because of, or
> sometimes in spite of, the story of which they are a part. Characters
> that live on in your imagination long after the story ends. Do you
> have
> old friends from childhood whom you met in the pages of a book?
> Who are
> the welcome new acquaintances in your life?
>
>
> Megan
>
>
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