Thursday, February 7, 2008

High School Reading- Fallen Angels

As I was reading Where The Wild Things Are for our assignment in class I got to thinking...My role for this first assignment is Personal/Facilitator and in that I have to write the paper on emotional reactions I've had to the text. This is where all of my memories of childhood started flooding in! However, every time I'm asked to respond with my reactions to a book I automatically think back to junior year in high school honors english. We read the book Fallen Angels, and I'm not sure if any of you have read that book, but if you haven't I highly recommend it! It is one of my favorites. Not only is it a great read that teaches you a lot about the strength of friendship, but since I've read it, some things have happened and I now have stronger emotional ties to it because of who I read it with in that class. I think it's amazing how reading can create such powerful feelings in a person, and this class (te348) has really brought that to my attention even more. So I'm just curious, has anyone else in the class read Fallen Angels or do they have a favorite book that they always think back to?...

2 comments:

Valerie W. said...

Walter Dean Myers is one of my favorite authors. I'll be sure to bring some of his work in when we talk about contemporary realistic fiction!

(Groups might think about choosing one of his books for their "choice" book at the end of the semester.)

KatieP said...

I relate a lot of books emotionally to my life. I really enjoy reading books that I connect my personal life with! Great observation!