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Middle Grade Readers and Their Characters

This post originally appeared on “The Muffin”, WOW! Women On Writing’s blog on March 13, 2011. I am teaching a Middle Grade novel writing class for WOW! in May. (Details following this post.) Middle grade novels are fun to write, and I believe there are two reasons why. The first is that the readers, which [...]

April 4, 2011 in Book Club Possibility, Choldenko, Gennifer, Elementary Educators, Middle Grade Novel, Sachar, Louis
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Holes by Louis Sachar

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Middle-grade novel, contemporary Middle-school-aged boy as main character Rating: One of my very favorite children’s books–even before the movie. (Newberry Award Winner) Short, short summary: Most of you have probably heard of this book before, read it, and seen the movie. Sachar created two brilliant, funny, heartwarming plots and [...]

September 30, 2008 in Middle Grade Novel, Sachar, Louis
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