Our first stop is western Europe as we read Elie Wiesel's story of surviving the holocaust. Blogging for this book will begin on July 9th. On July 23rd we will be heading to Asia where we will blog about Loung Ung's story of the brutalities of war in Cambodia and her struggle to survive. On August 6th we will move on to the Middle East as we read and blog about Greg Mortenson's inspirational fight against poverty and terrorism in Pakistan, one school at a time. Lastly, on August 20th we will head to Africa as we discuss John Bul Dau's recounting of his life as one of the lost boys of Sudan. Remember, as you read these truly inspirational memoirs..."To what extent are we all witnesses of history and messengers to humanity?"
Please stop by the library sometime after Tuesday for your books and directions. We are waiting for a few more late arrivals! For those of you outside the building we will drop the books/directions off to you.
Night- July 9th
Elie Wiesel
First They Killed My Father- July 23rd
Loung Unh
Three Cups of Tea- August 6th
Greg Mortenson
God Grew Tired of Us- August 20th
John Bul Dau
8 comments:
Where do obtain the books ?
Cheryl M
I am really looking forward to reading and discussing books for adults, since I've been immersed in literature for grades 4 and 5. Can't wait to get my hands on the first one!
I'm happy to be in the class!
I'm in and ready to read.
Well it looks like we have 2 Cathys. I will try to remember to put my last initial on my blogs.Cathy P
I'm in, happy reading
I finished the first book "NIGHT" yesterday. I have never done the "blog" piece- what do we do here? D owe wait until everyone is finished?
Cheryl M.
Cheryl asked what do we do next? Hopefully everyone has the purple sheet with the directions...just in case you didn't received that with your books, and at the end of the year things were a bit crazy so you not have here's the scoop:
On or before the dates listed a "starter" post will be published by either Chris or myself, at this point you can respond to the post and join the discussion. Don't start bloggging until the starter post is published...some folks don't finish the books early and reading about it can ruin it for them! To join the discussion simply click on "comments." Please check the comments often and respond to others' thoughts and ideas...the more dialog we generate the better!
Have a great holiday weekend...
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