A new book

I've admitted to my students this year that I am a Book Nerd and I have a "book problem." There hasn't been a Christmas list that didn't have a book on it. I collect books and some people collect pennies. I struggle with the desire to give each book a new home.

This Christmas I gave a new home to two books that I am particularly excited about. One was The Curse of the Capistrano or The Mark of Zorro, but I am not ready to release it into the wild of my classroom. The other book will be immediately released into the wild. This book is called Wild Boy.

Three years ago, I checked out several books from the public library and set them on my desk to give my students some suggestions for independent reading books. They seemed to like this since there were several that would borrow these books from me in class. Wild Boy was one of these books, it is a quick read and it is a non-fiction book about a young boy found in the woods outside of a village in France. I found the story fascinating and a little sad. There have been multiple students who have picked this book up over the last couple years and gave it good reviews. I'm excited to permanently have this book on my shelf for more students to try.

What books have you been excited for someone to read?

By the way, there is a new challenge. See the comments on the challenge page. =)