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Title: My 5th Graders love this story.
Review: My class of 5th graders is currently reading and listening to the audio tape of this story. We are on chapter 7. The students beg me to give them more time to read to find out what's going to happen next. The book lends itself to open discussions about safety with matches, cruelty to animals, and bullying so far. I believe the book will lead us into discussions about what it was like in 1963 for the African American people. My class is majority, african american and need to know more about the history of civil rights. The audio tape is fantastic with Levar Burton reading. He uses Southern accents and jive talking that the kids crack up.The book is hilarious, heartwarming and thought provoking. I am ending this school year with this book in the hopes that they will want to pick up another book and read, read, read!
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