For years, a colleague has organized an all-school book event, encouraging students, parents, alumni, teachers, and other school community folks to come together and read a book. Each year, there is a culminating event with discussions and an appearance/talk from teh author. This year, we are doing Ta-Nehisi Coates' A Beautiful Struggle.
I haven't yet read the book (it's sitting next to my bed, ready to be read in between preparation of the novels for my classes), but he's become one of my favorite writers in recent months as a result of his tremendous blog. I hope to get a bunch of my students, especially my 9th graders who need a bit of motivation and excitement from reading, to participate.
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