Little Fires everywhere springs to mind! Celeste Ng. As does Parrotfish
(Wittlinger), and Love, Hate and Other Filters (Ahmed).
All are great diversity picks and destiny/choices is a massive theme in
each. The last two have the advantage of being very directly talking to
teens about their own choices.
Best - Sarah Murphy
Mercy High School - Burlingame.
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Mei Yang <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Recommendations please? Our English teachers for sophomore American
Literature are searching for a few summer reading books that would
explore similar themes to those in The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth
Stein. Voice, how perspective changes understanding, and destiny/choices
are the key ideas.
It does not have to be about dogs. The goal is to give students a choice
in their summer reading selection, but have them explore related themes.
Other parameters:
Similar length - 300 pages or so.
Must be American author with predominantly U.S. setting or characters
Diversity a plus (author and/or characters)
Thanks so much for any ideas!
Mei
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Mei Yang
Librarian
Saint Francis High School
Mountain View, CA 94040
www.sfhs.com
