Social Emotional Reading Recommendations from Ms. Debye:
Ms. Debye recommends reading “The Line Tender” by Kate Allen. Amazon description is”Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart’s marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water–thanks in large part to a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white–and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was “meaningful” but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother’s unfinished research on the Great White’s return to Cape Cod. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she’ll finally be able to look beyond what she’s lost and toward what’s left to be discovered.” The book is available in our Middle School Library and on Sora link on our library website.
Social Emotional Reading Recommendations from Mrs Miller:
Lynda Mullaly Hunt is a great author who has written a few titles with social emotional themes. One Ms. Miller really enjoys is “Fish in a Tree” which all 6th graders read in the fall. But if you liked that title you might also enjoy Lynda’s other books “One for the Murphys”and “Shouting at the Rain”. You can find Lynda’s books on our Chatham Library page for a free e-book reader or audiobook: https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/74611/search/all?q=fish%20in%20a%20tree&ists=0
or visit lynda’s website : https://www.lyndamullalyhunt.com/books/
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