Copy of Second Impact

Working on a video for my Literacy Fair ideas.  I plan to post a QR code on my board and the QR code will lead readers to this video about the book.  I will post photos when I get it all together.

Sports Books

 Second Impact by David Klass & Perri Klass


Where are all the sports book for YA?  I recently read Second Impact by David Klass & Perri Klass
This book was a wide open quick read for any sports lover. I love these types of books which the authors has a great story wound around a great ethical question. This book brings up the big question of Traumatic Brain Injury to football players who may have had more than one concussion.  This story make you think, is winning worth it and do we really know when to say no.  This book is a blog, almost like an epistolary story but told in Blog entries of one boys point of view and a girl who is the editor for the school newspaper.  When the story leaks and she is questioned by the principal, her Freedom of Speech comes into question and can you write what you really know about people.  As I read this book, I thought of how many great questions you can ask students.  Research topic would include the Traumatic Brain Injury in school sports, Freedom of Speech for underage bloggers, privacy matters of students who are injured at school, can you tell medical details or not.  This book brings to light major issues that students are faced with daily, with social media and sports injury, all wrapped up into a great fiction story.  Can you overcome big obstacles and still be successful. Is winning worth losing a friend?

NetGalley

Well now that college is over and I have succeed in all my classes.  I am constantly reading books on my list of books to read.  I became a member of NetGalley and that will just load my ipad with the latest books to be reviewed.

I just read one by Elizabeth Scott called Heartbeat.  Which is coming out in April 2014 for YA and it is a beautiful tragic story that questions the right and wrong of using life support systems to keep someone alive just for the sake of their unborn child.  Asking teens to tackle this type of morality is a big issue in this sweet tale of loss and love.  The smart girl is frozen in a stupor until she finds a car thief, druggie who is hurting as much as she is and just wants to go back in time together and fix the wrongs.  Somehow they find a way to help one another with their broken hearts and continue more than just a Heartbeat.

 

I can't wait for more fun books to be approved and added to the my pile of TBR list.
Happy Reading.
dk