It's Monday, What are YOU Reading? 3/12/12

Check out the Picture Books and YA novels others are reading at TeachMentorTexts! 

Here are the picture books I read this week:

The Girl Who Spun Gold By Virginia Hamilton

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match (A Bilingual Picture Book) by Monica Brown

Freedom School, Yes! By Amy Littlesugar

The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci

Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen

George Washington's Birthday by Margaret McNamara

The novel I read this week was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. This is a Young Adult novel (which you will realize pretty immediately). The Fault in Our Stars was spectacular, to say the least. It is a funny, tear-jerkingly real and raw story about teenagers living with cancer. The main character, Hazel Grace, will grasp your attention immediately and hold it well beyond the last page of the book. Her friend, August, will do the same. This is a story that will be with me for a long time to come. 

Here's the trailer:









Annnnnd a really wonderful song inspired by the book (using quotes from the book, but no spoilers!)





I am about half way through Okay for Now  by Gary D. Schmidt (author of The Wednesday Wars) and will continue working on it this week. 

What great books did you read/ are you planning on reading?