2. Sure Signs of Crazy
by Karen Harrington
Sarah’s mother is mentally
unbalanced and the girl
thinks she will be crazy
just like her mother.
Sarah spends the summer
looking for signs of being
like her crazy mother or
becoming like her
alcoholic father.
3. Sure Signs of Crazy
by Karen Harrington
Sarah’s loves to read and
to write.
Both prove to be just what
she needs to face the
challenges of growing
up, falling in love, and
taking care of the Plant
she talks to as her best
friend.
Does this means she’s
crazy, too?
4. Sure Signs of Crazy
by Karen Harrington
Thought provoking quotations
“Most people don’t know
what they think until
they writing it down.
Don’t you want to know
what you think?”
(p.39)
“It’s funny how you don’t
know you’re in pieces
until someone hugs you
together.” (p.140)
5. The Saturday Boy
by David Fleming
Eleven-year-old Derek Lamb
likes superhero comic books,
Saturday morning cartoons
and Chocolate Ka-Blams. He’d
gladly trade all of these things
to have his father come home
Afghanistan where he pilots
Apache helicopters for the US
Army.
6. The Saturday Boy
by David Fleming
Provocative Questions
• How long before his
classmates forget Derek
waited in the rain to catch the
bus to school on a Saturday?
• Why is Derek’s neighbor his
best friend at home and the
bully who picks on him at
school?
7. The Saturday Boy
by David Fleming
Being good at building
model airplanes and
drawing superheroes
just wasn’t enough.
Maybe when Derek
embraces a girl in the
school play the guys will
stop teasing him.
8. Lara’s Gift
by Anne Marie O’Brien
An intriguing historical
novel about Russians
who breed special dogs
to hunt wolves!
9. Lara’s Gift
by Anne Marie O’Brien
• So what’s historical
fiction?
• Seems like
contradictory terms.
• History is factual; fiction
need not be.
• Historical fiction a made
up story based on real
people, places and
events.
10. Russian Nobles Treasured Borsoi Dogs
Lara’s Gift
by Anne Marie O’Brien
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Lara’s father, the Count’s
Kennel Master, breeds
championship borsoi dogs.
Kara loves the work and eagerly
looks forward to following in
his footsteps!
But will a girl become Kennel
Master when she has a
brother who should inherit
this role?
Learn a little Russian vocabulary
as you read about Lara’s gift
which seals her fate.
