[ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Paula Sandfelder
Friends, Now that the book "Book Thief" is a movie, I have a question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriate for children? I asked this question of the author when the book first came out. He responded that that was not his intention, but that it was marketed that way i

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2014-01-16 Thread Paz Sol
hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Asunto: [ha-Safran] Book Thief Friends, Now that the book "Book Thief" is a movie, I have a question for school librarians. Do you think the book is appropriate for children? I asked this question of the author when the book first came out. He res

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2014-01-16 Thread Andrea Rapp
Brooklyn to be published today, they would be classified as YA books.    Andrea From: Paula Sandfelder To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 2:46 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Book Thief Friends,   Now that the book “Book Thief

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2014-01-16 Thread fredis...@aol.com
ren", which I always took to mean the 10-14 group. In our Library we put it in the Adult Fiction section. My sense is that there's more of an audience there. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA -Original Message- From: Paula Sandfelder To: hasafran Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 11:5

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2014-01-16 Thread Toby Harris
12:52 PM To: Paula Sandfelder; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief I classify and shelve it with the adult fiction, which is what its author intended. My understanding is that American publishers us the YA designation for marketing, and any book whose main charac

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2014-01-16 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Paula, First let me tell you that I was delighted to see your name on Hasafran. Most of our YA books collect dust on the shelves. When I moved it to the adult section not even one copy stayed on the shelf. I can imagine how Toby felt when parents read it to their 3rd-4th grade "mature" children

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2014-01-19 Thread Levine, Joyce
We read "The Book Thief" in my high school book discussion group and the students loved it. It was also taught in our 10th grade English classes. I would highly recommend it for young adults. Joyce On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Paula Sandfelder wrote: > Friends, > > > > Now that the bo