I'm so enjoying reading everyone's posts. I can see all of the hard work we're putting into our reading and writing lives this summer.
Feel free to use the "comment" feature on the blog to share out more thoughts, make connections, and build on the work that's happening in our virtual classroom.
I read the book, Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, last week for the reading workshop I was attending. It started off a little confusing and I was worried that I wasn't going to enjoy the book. It really, really picked up after the first chapter, though, and I found myself wishing that I had a few more stops to go on the train -- so I wouldn't have to put the book down!
The novel is about a boy named Bud who starts the book in an orphanage and who sets out to find his real family, based on hints his mother has left behind in a suitcase. It takes place during the Great Depression and so I learned a lot about what was going on in the mid-western United States during this time period. The author explores themes like family, injustice, racism, and poverty in complex ways -- refusing to let his characters become flat or stereotypical.
This is a great book for kids who are interested in books about kids overcoming obstacles, historical fiction about the Great Depression, or better understanding the complex history of race and class in our country.
Keep up the posts, my friends! See you next week with my write up of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars.
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