[English] Text Selection 7 - 9

[James Craig]

Hello,

Obviously this topic gets a fair working over in this forum, but we're  
at that juncture of the year where we are dissatisfied with our  
current text choices and have to spend the budget.  So, if you've come  
across any ...

Novels for 7 - 9.   We're a little tired of teen stories for  
entertainment masquerading as novels of ideas that are suitable for  
study.  How many texts on teen crushes, bullying, loneliness,  
isolation etc. can be written for kids? Great in the library,  
sometimes hard to get a satisfying angle on when teaching. As an  
example, we love The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.  Any thoughts?

Likewise short story collections?

Any inspiration would be greatly appreciated. By hell we need it!

Cheers!

James Craig

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