This summer is already coming to a close, and, as usual, I did not read as many books as I had wanted. Still, I know that many students (and some teachers!) go the whole summer without hardly reading anything at all. I feel like I could have stepped up my game somewhat--like reading the other two books in the Millennium trilogy--but my reading history for summer 2010 is better than nothing.
One of my favorite books from the summer was the last one I read. Diane Ravitch's book on the perils of mandated-testing and charter schools was interesting, insightful, and ultimately hopeful. I wish all teachers would read her book.
- Teague, Alexandra. Mortal Geography. © 2010. 87 pages. Poetry.
- Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. © 2008. 164 pages. Children’s Lit.
- Goldberg, Bonni. Room to Write. © 1996. 201 pages. Professional.
- Alexie, Sherman. Face. © 2009. 159 pages. Poetry.
- Alexie, Sherman. One Stick Song. © 2000. 91 pages. Poetry.
- Alexie, Sherman. First Indian on the Moon. © 1993.116 pages. Poetry.
- Dahl, Roald. The Twits. © 1980. 76 pages. Children’s Lit.
- Larsson, Stieg. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. © 2005 (2008, trans.). 465 pages. Mystery.
- Dunn, Stephen. Everything Else in the World. © 2006. 91 pages. Poetry
- Dunn, Stephen. Local Visitations. © 2003. 96 pages. Poetry.
- Hudgins, Andrew. American Rendering: New and Selected Poems. © 2010. 148 pages. Poetry.
- Alexie, Sherman. Old Shirts & New Skins. © 1993. 91 pages. Poetry & Short Fiction.
- Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. © 1986. 180 pages. Professional: Writing Advice.
- Ravitch, Diane. The Death and Life of the
