Evaluating Possible Titles for 7th grade book list

Today in our half-day PD we discussed a few book titles:

*Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez (7th grade)

*Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang (7th grade)

*Open the Door to Liberty by Anne Rockwell (7th grade)

*The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (8th grade)

Thoughts

Return to Sender

• -Great content and well-written
• -About a boy in New Hampshire and a migrant family
• -Focuses on conflict over migrant workers in America and the different feelings
• (feeling of Americans vs. feeling of migrant workers)
• -Doesn't hit on any major 7th grade objectives

Open the Door to Liberty

• Content is fine, but is too low

Other book ideas

-Breadwinner (Afghanistan)

-Chain of Fire (South Africa)