Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (Paperback)

from agonzal3

Anthony Gonzales EDCI 4120 Koertge, R. (2003). Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Massachusetts: Candlewick. Grade Levels: 7-8 Category: realistic fiction Read-Alouds: pp. 1-7 (Introduction), 15-19 (Kevin borrows his fathers book and begins writing), 36-44 (Kevin finds his emotional side), 63-66 (Kevin is...

from flight_of_stars

I teach a verse-novel unit in my eighth-grade class, and I'm always looking out for those which appeal especially to my young men, since not all of them are ready for Beowulf. Helping them understand that poetry is as much their purview as anyone's can be surprisingly difficult considering how mu...

from aperrigo

I am definitely nominating this for PPYA Sports--Kevin loves baseball more than anything, but when illness takes it away from him he finds another love. Moving, funny, hard to put down!

from twonickels

Baseball and poetry squashed together - it's like he wrote it just for me! I was surprised by how moving I found this one. Really great, funny voice - I don't see enough of these good ones for the teen boys on the younger side.

from kmarch3

my VOYA ratings: 5Q, 4P I loved this book, more than I thought I would. I'm not sure if I've ever actually read a novel in verse, but what an interesting medium. In a way, it's like the author has even more creative license. Kevin is smart, sweet, and funny (I laughed out loud a bunch of times - ...