Book+Talk+1

Independent Reading Book Talk  This book talk is intended for English 9 students. It will be given in their English classrooms in anticipation of their first independent reading assignment. The book talk will feature nonfiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and poetry. The books included in the talk should appeal to both genders and to a wide variety of ability levels. //Featured Books Include (* indicates a book that I actually book talked in my classes): // **Realistic Fiction** · Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock * · The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexi · Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson · Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes · Dreamland by Sarah Dessen · Wrestling Sturbridge by Rich Wallace · Breaking Point by Alex Flinn **Historical Fiction** · The River Between Us by Richard Peck * · Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan · Ophelia by Lisa Klein **Science Fiction/Fantasy** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Poetry** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· Bronx Masquarade by Nikki Grimes * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· Blue Lipstick by John Grandits <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Non Fiction** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-indent: -0.25in;">· The American Plague by Jim Murphy * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">· Claudette Clovin by Phillip M. Hoose
 * · **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Every Bone Tells a Story by Jill Rubalcaba