Doing Time Online

I just finished reading the book, Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold, and I would highly recommend it. It is a quick, easy read that offers a lot of ideas to jump start your thinking. The main character, Mitch, made some bad choices and is having to face the consequences. His punishment is to spend time chatting online with a person in a nursing home. His conversations with Wootie lead him to some new understandings. Read to find out what he did to get in trouble, how he deals with Trotter, and what he learns from the O.L.D. If you are keeping up with your writer's notebook, you might try writing about your favorite family story or write about your nickname.

Swindle book video

Looking for a good book to read this summer? I think you might like the book Swindle. Check out the video here.

Great summer reads

Summer has started, and I have already read some great books!
Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French is a powerful short read. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be Hitler's child? What if you had a deformity? This story gives us a glimpse of what it would have been like to live during the Holocaust. It also raises some interesting questions. What would you do if you found out your parents had committed a terrible crime?