I'm still reading for the MSBA committee and it is getting really exciting as we get recommendations from others and continue to read and make decisions.
What I Came to Tell You has been on my pile and I have been wanting to read it. Grover and Sudie lost their mom not even a year ago in a car accident. Since then Grover has been spending even more time in a nearby bamboo grove creating huge weavings. His father is immersed in his work and the strain of fighting for his job. When a family moves into a rental nearby they begin to help Grover and his family come back together. But it is a mysterious stranger who comes to tell Grover something very important and teaches him about moving on.
I loved how the story started and then got bogged down a bit in the middle. The ending and the message in it were powerful though.
This graphic novel is getting a lot of buzz. I did not know much about the Great American Dust Bowl in history so it was very interesting and the graphics were really cool. My only concern is that when my students pick up graphic novels they usually skip over these "educational" ones so I am not sure how much student interest there will be.
This is an interesting book. The illustrations and beautiful and there is a lot of good information. I have seen it on mock Newbery and mock Caldecott lists but again...kid appeal? I have had it in my library since September and only one student has checked it out.
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