Thirteen Reasons Why

This novel should be read by all middle school students. It is a great story about how words and actions can affect others. Jay Asher's first novel should be required reading. His story of Hannah Baker is a poignant story of lost loves and loss of hope. Trust me, when you open it you won't be able to put it down, and neither will your students.

Ask Me No Questions

This is a great book about the struggle of immigrants trying to achieve the American Dream. See what it is like to feel like a stranger in a nation you have caled home, but makes you feel like an outsider. This a great book to use in middle school and to help students step into the shoes of someone who wants to live and succeed in this nation.

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Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store

Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store for some great novel-based extended response and reading response prompts based on novels such as The Giver, Night, Number the Stars, and Speak. Also, prompts from such popular series, like The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson. All reasonably priced and great to use in the classroom.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog, Teaching with Novels. As a teacher of reading my classes love to use high-interest novels. I would love to get feedback which books my fellow educators use with their students. It is a great feeling seeing my middle school students fall in love with a novel. It is tough enough to get a tween or a young teenager to fall in love with anything that isn't from the opposie sex! But seeing them fall in love with reading is a source of pride that only a parent or an educator can truly appreciate. So, lets hear which novels you use in your classroom. Keep teaching with novels!!!

Hawkmoon