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Book Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas


3. List awards

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Safe at Home


Book Title: Safe at Home


Author(s): Mike Lupica


Publisher: Penguin Group


Copyright Date: 2008


Genre: Sports Fiction novel


Brief Annotation:


If Nick Crandall is sure of anything, it’s baseball. At times he feels like baseball is the only thing he’s ever sure of. So when Nick is asked to move up to the varsity baseball team as a seventh grader, his confidence in himself and everything around him shrivels into almost nothing. All of his uncertainty about his game, and about his adoptive family and friendships are all put to the test. And yet all three of these aspects of Nick’s life help him find his way back “home” again.


Your Rating (1-5) and why:


4 – Like many of Lupica’s novels, he ties sports and life into a great story with lessons learned. I think any reader can relate to Nick’s dilemma and want to be as brave as his best friend, Gracie.


Readers who will like this book:


Sports fans, readers involved with adoption, moving, and readers who like a good sports story filled with challenges and accomplishments will enjoy this book.


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:


Have you ever wondered what life would be like if the one thing you loved to do was changed?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be adopted?


1. Interest Level (age): 8


2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 5.6

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