Sarah Dessen was Forgotten?

I can't believe it was drawn to my attention today that Sarah Dessen was dissed on our site! She's an incredible author! She motivates students to read, she identifies with the wicked, icky, teenage side in all of us...and puts it in beautiful prose. Thank you Ms. Dessen for being a favorite author to my students, and thank you for getting the reluctant teenage reader on a roll. We truly appreciate you in Ms. Lalk's class, and according to M. H. I am waaaaay wrong for not having included you earlier, so I sincerely apologize.

Gotta Show the Movie Poster...

Coming out this Friday...what are your thoughts?

Okay, so while you may not be able to respond yet, you've all requested:

The Lightening Thief--soon to be a movie and causing controversy over the book's elements and the movie elements already! 3/4 is driving me nuts right now arguing about the credibility of the casting, the reality, the comparison between the two, etc! I love it because they are connecting, comparing and contrasting text to media. I couldn't be more happy to be so rudely interrupted! Also....there is a super long wait list for the book, so let's get them read!!!

I CAN'T PUT THIS SERIES DOWN, PLEASE WRITE MORE!

I read The Angel of Death first, and quickly picked up The Christopher Killers and The Circle of Blood, and unfortunately there are no more yet!!! Right now, so many students are into forensics, science, criminal intent, (just look at all of the t.v. shows in your time slots before bed, after school, etc. It is really interesting to me to see the connection between the teens today and the struggles they go through emotionally, on top of her creepy afterschool job as an assistant coroner!