Moon Over Manifest

[Veronica]

This book was this year's Newberry winner and it is fantastic. Like most books for children, a good reader can figure out where it's going before it actually gets there. But even so, it was hard for me to put down. I am really looking forward to reading it aloud to my class as I think it will initiate some good discussions and thinking.


Veronica

PS Right now I'm reading The Graveyard Book - Newberry winner from two years ago. The kids are hooked!

[Jo-n-NY]

Thank you! Although my kids are grown, it is always good to know some "good" childrens reading material. I like giving books as gifts.

~ JoAnn

[indysteel]

Thanks for the head's up. I'm not a teacher and I don't have kids, but I have to admit that I still enjoy reading certain children's/young adult books. There are a handful from my own youth that I still count as some of my favorites of all time--The Westing Game, Jacob Have I Loved and the entire Wrinkle in Time series. I reread them occasionally as an adult. They take me back to happy times, and a good read is a good read!

[Crankin]

A Wrinkle in Time and The Giver are my 2 most favorite books.
Surprising, since I ordinarily dislike sci-fi. A Wrinkle in Time won the Newberry when I was in 6th grade and when I was teaching, it still was one of the most checked out books in my classroom library.
I remember feeling the same way when I read the Giver... I could not put it down and distinctly remembering saying out loud. "This is going to win the Newberry Award."

[Veronica]

Did you think he died at the end of The Giver? I always thought he did and then she wrote a sequel and obviously he didn't.

Veronica

[indysteel]

A Wrinkle in Time and The Giver are my 2 most favorite books.
Surprising, since I ordinarily dislike sci-fi. A Wrinkle in Time won the Newberry when I was in 6th grade and when I was teaching, it still was one of the most checked out books in my classroom library.
I remember feeling the same way when I read the Giver... I could not put it down and distinctly remembering saying out loud. "This is going to win the Newberry Award."

I haven't heard of the Giver; I'll have to take a look.

I'm not a Sci Fi fan either, but I loved A Wrinkle in Time, and I loved how everything came together in A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I love a number of Madeleine L'Engle books in fact. Her other series--about the Austin family--is wonderful, too. I didn't have the happiest of childhoods; books provided a a much needed refuge. My favorites are now like old and dear friends.

[Crankin]

Veronica, I did think he died, until my kids started reading the sequel! I haven't read it, though.
I remember distinctly the first time I used Giver, with a group of very smart 7th graders. So many good themes to use. Then, when I switched districts, it didn't go over so well the first time I tried it. But, eventually, I tried again and it when I gave the kids choice in a sci fi unit, there was always one group that did well with it.