Last night we took one plane from Milwaukee to Texas and another fromt here to Phoenix. I finished one book and then read another. The great thing about not sitting next to people you know is that strangers aren't offended when you read the whole trip. The book I finished was called Greetings From Planet Earth by Kerley. I wasn't sure I was going to like this book at the beginning. I pulled it out of a bag to preview for the middle school as I have the other seven I will write about soon. From the title I was expecting a sci-fi book of some type, but was pleasantly surprised to find that this was not the case. This book follows the story of a family split apart by the Vietnam War, or should I say conflict. The father left to do his duty. The mom resented it. They exchanged letters. Grandma helps out with the two kids while mom finished her degree and got a teaching job. Theo, the younger brother, and Janet, the older sister, interact much as any family would. When dad returns from the war, he is unable to return to his everyday life, and never comes home to them. Mom and grandma tell the two kids that dad is MIA. Five years later it all comes to a head when the truth comes out. This book did have some interesting points throughout the course of the book as Grandma tries to tell the story of dad to Theo and whern Theo's science teacher gave them an assignment that involved the students making a picture and sound recording to be sent into space as part of the Voyager project. Overall, not a bad read for a middle school book. It would appeal to both boys and girls.
Posted on: Fri, Mar 21 2008 11:17 AM
4 comments:
It sounds like a good book - how do you recommend them to the students?
I made a brochure for all the middle school kids for national library week. I read 8 books in all and put 6 of them into the brochure. Interested in seeing a copy?
Thanks for sharing your book. It sounds very interesting. I will have to add it to my books list to read.
It sounds like the books my teacher used to make us read. As you get older it becomes more of a habit to read books, most teachers would make us either write about it or take a test on it. As I am maturing I realized how beneficial that was with helping with memory, grasping the concept of the story and taking out what’s important and what’s not.
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