After+Ever+After


 * //After Ever After// is the title for 7th grade ELA.**
 * Summary:**

Jeff's treatments for cancer years ago have left him with some slight brain and nerve damage - math LD and a limp. When Lindsay moves to his school from California, it's love at first sight. He can't believe this smart, beautiful girl really likes him. His closest friend is Thaddeus; the two were thrown together because they both had cancer. Tad is hilarious, bitterly funny, quick with the "Your mama" jokes. Tad is also Jeff's only confidante since his adored older brother left for Africa. Jeff knows passing the math test to go up to high school will be a challenge and he works toward it, seemingly to no avail. In the meantime, his friend Tad is acting weird. His cancer has returned for a third time. Although it deals with serious topics, this book is incredibly funny. It's the winner of the 2011 Schneider Family Book Award, given to “honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.”

Link to booktalk for //After Ever After//.

Issues in the book: Cancer Learning disability Standardized testing (There is a student protest of the test, and a political scandal ends up invalidating the test the state uses.) Loss

Info as of 3/7/2011 - Jordan does charge $300 and is available from 9:00 to 2:30. He says to check his calendar on his website. Jordan Sonnenblick's site
 * Status of the Skype visit:**

Class set ordered April 3, 2011 from Follett Educational Resources.

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