Posted
Walden Pond, 2017
Realistic Fiction
What It's All About:
In Middle School, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends, or make you enemies.
Why You'll Love It:
Great for grades 5-8...and here's the teaching guide!
What Else You Should Read:
by John David Anderson
Walden Pond, 2017
Realistic Fiction
What It's All About:
In Middle School, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends, or make you enemies.
Why You'll Love It:
- Acute observations about social media and School life and a smart, engaging narrator make this a journey well worth taking.
- Anderson reminds us that bullying takes place in many forms: when cellphones are banned from Branton Middle School, the student population is thrown into a frenzy, which only increases when kids find a new way of communicating throughout the day—Post-it notes.
- The characters, both adult and teen, are vivid, flawed, and approachable. Anderson dives into the world of middle school with a clear sense of how it works and what it needs.
Great for grades 5-8...and here's the teaching guide!
What Else You Should Read:
- Mr. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
- The Best Man by Richard Peck
- Restart by Gordon Korman
