This Book

Have you seen/heard about/or read this book?

I noticed it on a few students' desks in my classroom. When I asked about it, they told me it's about kids being put into a big arena and fighting to the death to save their families. Ugh, is what I thought.

Then I saw an article in a magazine about it. Interest piqued. I spied it in our book room at school. I found out Lisa and Jay were reading it. So I started.

I seriously could not put it down. I had to finish it.

Last Tuesday I told my students I had read the book over the weekend. Many more were interested. I emphatically suggested (over and over) that they ask their parents if they could read it before they started. Cuz, you know, there is some violence in there. And the whole premise is about survival. About being the last one standing, when all the other children in the book have been killed.

Several students asked for the copy I had, but the aide in my room, Mrs. G., read it first. Overnight. She couldn't put it down either. On Wednesday, two students in my room had a copy. On Thursday, two more. And on Friday, one more.

It's the new craze in room C204. It reminds me of another series that was wildly popular.... and then I found this picture:

I read the second book in the series over this past weekend. I'm anxiously awaiting the third book... (go, Lisa, hurry up and finish it!).

Happy reading!