Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy April 28, 2019.Would you pull books? Do you read the books first before deciding to pull them? If the book is age appropriate, will you step outside of your comfort zone? We need books like this on our shelves for all our kids. There was nothing sexual in this book and nothing inappropriate. This was a great LGBTQ+ book for early middle school age and even later elementary school. This was a sweet book where LGBTQ+ characters were naturally wound within the story. Of course that would be the first book I wanted to read. My hope is to offer a robust selection of books for the entire span of kiddos found in any middle school.īefore starting at my new school, a book was pulled from the library shelves due to LGBTQ+ content. Is it different at school? Is it now the responsibility of the school? A world of difference exists between an immature 6th grader and a worldly 8th grader. Uncle Paul is a stereotypical gay man: great dresserĪre there different expectations between providing books in a public library and a school library? At the public library, I anticipated parent responsibility for book selection.minor foreshadow of LGBT teacher and uncle.age 6 (talk like they are in 5th grade).I thought it was time for a story to open the door.
But have the youngest readers heard? There will be no word of it on the standardized test or in the textbook during my lifetime. I waited eighty years to write The Best Man and began it on that June day in 2014 when same-sex marriage legislation was implemented in my home state of Illinois. And more than a few insights about the bewildering world of adults, made by a boy on his way to being the best man he can be.My favorite quote of this book was not found within the book, but instead was in the heart of the author, Richard Peck. In pages that ripple with laughter, there's a teardrop here and there. Then a really big one when he's the best man at the wedding of two of his role models. He doesn't see too far ahead, so every day or so a startling revelation breaks over him. Archer wonders how much change has to happen before his voice does. In fact, the first male teacher in the history of the school.īut now here comes middle school and puberty. Three of the best are his grandpa, the great architect his dad, the great vintage car customizer, and his uncle Paul, who is just plain great.
Newbery Medalist Richard Peck tells a story of small-town life, gay marriage, and everyday heroes in this novel for fans of Gary Schmidt and Jack Gantos.Īrcher Magill has spent a lively five years of grade school with one eye out in search of grown-up role models.
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