So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Those of us who were in NYC, or had family in NYC at the time of the attack on the twin towers tend to feel a bit differently about what happened then and what has happened since, than the population at large. I think this book comes closer to hitting some of our general disbelief at how this tragedy has been used as a flag waving way to undermine some of our Amercian freedoms. At the very least it is gives the reader some thoughts to ponder.
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This book was good enough that this is the third time I have had to order it for my high school classroom becasue somehow, it keeps walking out of the classroom in the hands of students. If it is good enough to engage non-book oriented teens to "permently borrow" it, it has to have value. I am delighted to buy another so it can disappear again.
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In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
Teacher TJ, September 7, 2011
Those of us who were in NYC, or had family in NYC at the time of the attack on the twin towers tend to feel a bit differently about what happened then and what has happened since, than the population at large. I think this book comes closer to hitting some of our general disbelief at how this tragedy has been used as a flag waving way to undermine some of our Amercian freedoms. At the very least it is gives the reader some thoughts to ponder.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Single Latina Female: Tale of a Toxic Friend by L. Blanco D. L. Blanco
Teacher TJ, September 3, 2011
This book was good enough that this is the third time I have had to order it for my high school classroom becasue somehow, it keeps walking out of the classroom in the hands of students. If it is good enough to engage non-book oriented teens to "permently borrow" it, it has to have value. I am delighted to buy another so it can disappear again.