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Gloria's family lose their Farm in Oklahoma, and have to move to California to survive. There are lots of tough topics in this one. Great for a book club!

This week I‘ve chosen a couple of books in which softball plays a major part. Both of these are books I‘ve read, but I still need to get hold of copies to add to my class library.

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Had to go with this great one from Jason Reynolds because we are currently in the peak of track season with my son. Ghost is about a boy who wants to play ball, but when a track coach takes him under his wing and sees his potential for running his life takes a turn for the better. 🏃🏽‍♂️

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I thought about this prompt for a bit and decided on this book. Jillian lives in a small coastal Louisiana town that is slowly disappearing due to rising water. After another storm, the school is closed due to flood damage and the bridge into town is condemned. As she fights for her town and learns more about its history, she also learns how much of it has already disappeared under water.

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Happy Earth Day! Let's share #middlegrademonday books about the #environment today!

Wayward Creatures is a sweet story of friendship that happens when the main character is sentenced to restorative justice work in a park after starting a forest fire near his home.

What others have you read that fit the category???

I've seen this one all over booktube. Hopefully, I'll get to it soon. @Karisimo #middlegradeMonday

This is an amazing book narrated by a horse named Joey during WWI. Joey does different jobs and ends up traveling a lot during the course of the war. It touches on some hard topics and has some truly sad scenes, but it also has a happy ending.

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This cute story about a town that lost its library to a fire is told by alternating narrators including a cat. There is a mystery to be solved, but also deals with guilt and regret with a happy ending. It's a gem of a book written by two MG masters!

Happy #middlegrademonday everyone!

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One from my TBR. My brother took this picture of the eclipse from his house in South Carolina.

Today I immediately thought to share Alabama Moon as a book with moon in the title, but of course it‘s currently checked out from my class library. Watt Key‘s books are favorites with several of my rural JH students. I gathered a few other titles to share as well.

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