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   LYRCA 2010 Gr. 6-8   
 

 
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VOTE HERE!
The program ended on Sunday, January 31, 2010.
  
  
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 Vote for your favorite of the Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award Nominees!

Read 3 nominated books and log them in here.

Then you may vote for your favorite title.

Our "Book of the Week" is "Fire From the Rock" by award-winning author Sharon Draper.

This intense novel is about the true story of the racial integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Alabama in 1957 -- one of the landmark moments of the civil rights movement. A good choice for Black History Month!

Check out the authors website, www.sharondraper.com. It has a special homework help section.
Reviews

Review: Jared's family is sponsoring a family of refugees from an African civil war. But -- "In civil war, there are no good guys," says the aid worker. Can that really be true? Read this book to find out. This book is gripping! But not a bummer. It's inspiring how the Amabo family keeps going forward, in spite of all the terrible things that happened to them.