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Series Editor’s Foreword
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ix
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Preface
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xi
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Acknowledgments
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xii
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PART I:
FIFTEEN SURE-FIRE SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL BOOK DISCUSSIONS
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1. Understand the Value of Book Discussions with Teens
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1
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2. Get the Books
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3
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3. Select the Place
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3
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4. Feed the Body while Feeding the Mind
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3
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5. Find a Time That Works
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4
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6. Achieve an Optimal Group Size
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5
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7. Publicize and Bribe
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5
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8. Decide on Rules
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6
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9. Choose Discussable Books
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7
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10. Create Intriguing Questions
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8
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11. Steer the Discussion Group and Keep It on Course
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10
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12. Assist the Group in Making Their Next Book Choice
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13
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13. Consider Boys
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16
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14. Investigate Alternatives
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18
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15. Explore Online Resources
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20
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PART II: THE
GUIDES
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1. The
Adventures of Blue Avenger
by Norma Howe
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23
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2. Amandine
by Adele Griffin
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27
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3. Backwater
by Joan Bauer
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29
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4. Beyond
the Burning Time
by Kathryn Lasky
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32
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5. Black
Mirror
by Nancy Werlin
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34
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6. Blind
Sighted
by Peter Moore
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37
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7. Breathing
Underwater
by Alex Flinn
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40
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8. Briar
Rose
by Jane Yolen
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43
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9. Dunk
by David Lubar
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45
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10. Feed
by M. T. Anderson
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47
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11. The
Gospel According to Larry
by Janet Tashjian
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51
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12. Guts:
The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
by Gary Paulsen
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55
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13. Hole
in My Life
by Jack Gantos
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56
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14. Just
Ella
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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59
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15. The
Killer’s Cousin
by Nancy Werlin
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61
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16. The
Kindling
by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher
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64
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17. Kissing
Doorknobs
by Terry Spencer Hesser
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67
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18. Love
among the Walnuts
by Jean
Ferris
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69
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19. The
Lovely Bones
by
Alice Sebold
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72
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20. Martyn Pig
by
Kevin Brooks
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75
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21. Mind’s
Eye
by Paul
Fleischman
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78
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22. Multiple
Choice
by
Janet Tashjian
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80
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23. My
Heartbeat
by
Garret Freyman-Weyr
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82
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24. My
Life and Death by Alexandra Canarsie
by
Susan Heyboer O’Keefe
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85
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25. The
New You
by
Kathleen Leverich
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87
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26. Night
Flying
by Rita
Murphy
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90
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27. 19
Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle
East
by
Naomi Shihab Nye
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92
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28. Overboard
by
Elizabeth Fama
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95
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29. Philosophy
Rocks
by
Stephen Law
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97
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30. The
Rag and Bone Shop
by
Robert Cormier
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100
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31. The
Secret Sacrament
by Sherryl Jordan
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103
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32. Shattering
Glass
by Gail
Giles
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106
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33. Sights
by
Susanna Vance
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108
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34. Silent
to the Bone
by E.
L. Konigsburg
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110
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35. The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann.
Brashares
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113
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36. Skeleton
Man
by
Joseph Bruchac
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116
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37. The
Staircase
by Ann Rinaldi
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118
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38. Stargirl
by
Jerry Spinelli
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121
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39. Stoner
and Spaz
by Ron Koertge
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125
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40. Stuck
in Neutral
by
Terry Trueman
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127
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41. Tomorrow
When the War Began
by John
Marsden
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130
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42. Tuck
Everlasting
by
Natalie Babbitt
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132
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43. Under
a War Torn Sky
by L.M.
Elliott
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135
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44. Waiting
for Christopher
by
Louise Hawes
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137
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45. What
My Mother Doesn’t Know
by
Sonya Sones
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140
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46. What’s
in a Name
by
Ellen Wittlinger
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144
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47. When
Zachary Beaver Came to Town
by
Kimberly Willis Holt
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147
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48. A
Year Down Yonder
by
Richard Peck
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150
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49. The
Year of My Indian Prince
by Ella
Thorp Ellis
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152
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50. You
Don’t Know Me
by
David Klass
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154
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References
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158
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For
Further Reading
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159
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Author
Index
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160
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Title
Index
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162
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Theme
Index
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164
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About
the Author
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172
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