Friday, July 11, 2008

The SOS File


by Betsy Byars
Henry Holt and Co. (2004)
Interest Level: grades 3-5

Category: Contemporary Fiction
Type: Novel

Summary: Mr Magro asks his students to write about the biggest challenges they have faced in their lives and then to read them out loud to the class. Some of the stories are funny, others are heartwrenching, but each is an emergency in itself.

Online Connections:
1. Author's website: http://www.betsybyars.com/
2. Learn more about the author at http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=3960

Book Connections:
1. My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars
2. The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

Keywords: Emergencies, schools, fictional biographies,

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