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[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 in the USA by
the publisher and cataloged as such in the USA.  Personally, I would not
have recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew
a great deal about the Shoah and were very mature.

 

 

Paula Sandfelder

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Paz Sol

Hello from Quito, Ecuador,

I have personally read the book, and I agree that this book is for students 
older than 15. There is also the issue of death, since the narrator of the book 
is death itself.  It is a good work of fiction.

Kind regards,

Sol


Sol Paz de Hecht

Bibliotecaria de Secundaria y Coordinadora del Centro
de Recursos de Estudios sobre el Holocausto y Derechos Humanos
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] En nombre de Paula 
Sandfelder
Enviado el: Jueves, 16 de Enero de 2014 02:46 p.m.
Para: 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 responded that that 
was not his intention, but that it was marketed that way in the USA by the 
publisher and cataloged as such in the USA.  Personally, I would not have 
recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a great 
deal about the Shoah and were very mature.


Paula Sandfelder





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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Andrea Rapp

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 character is a young person will get that 
label today.  Were The Diary of Anne Frank, or A Tree Grows in 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” 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 in the USA 
by the publisher and cataloged as such in the USA .  Personally, I would not 
have
recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a great
deal about the Shoah and were very mature.
 
 
PaulaSandfelder
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread fredis...@aol.com


Paula --

You're right about his intent. He mentioned it at his acceptance speech at the 
Conference in Phoenix.

It was the first STA Teen Book Awardee, so was not intended for a younger 
audience. Most of the "Older Readers" STA-winning books  have been for "Older 
Children", 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 11:52 am
Subject: [ha-Safran] Book Thief



Friends, 
 
Now that the book “Book Thief” is a movie, I havea question for school 
librarians.  Do you think the book is appropriatefor children?  I asked this 
question of the author when the book firstcame out.  He responded that that was 
not his intention, but that it wasmarketed that way in the USAby the publisher 
and cataloged as such in the USA.  Personally, I would not haverecommended the 
book for children or even young adults unless they knew a greatdeal about the 
Shoah and were very mature.
 
 
Paula Sandfelder
 
 
 
 
 


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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

2014-01-16 Thread Toby Harris

I have it under adult as well.  I find it really irritating when parents tell 
me how they’re reading it out loud to their mature 3rd or 4th grader and isn’t 
that wonderful?!  I tell them how many great choices there are for that age 
group and kids will get much more out of it if they wait until high school.  
Same with Diary of Anne Frank.  Arghhh.

Toby

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Behalf Of Andrea Rapp
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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 character is a young person will get that 
label today.  Were The Diary of Anne Frank, or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to be 
published today, they would be classified as YA books.
   Andrea


From: Paula Sandfelder mailto:ps...@bellsouth.net>>
To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<mailto: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” 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 in the USA by the 
publisher and cataloged as such in the USA .  Personally, I would not have 
recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a great 
deal about the Shoah and were very mature.


Paula Sandfelder






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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

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. Will they take them 
to the movie? I think that the  intelligent  kids under the age of 14 will get 
the aspect of friendship, but the rest will be lost. 
Amalia

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> On Jan 16, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Paula Sandfelder  wrote:
> 
> 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 in the USA by the 
> publisher and cataloged as such in the USA.  Personally, I would not have 
> recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a 
> great deal about the Shoah and were very mature.
>  
>  
> Paula Sandfelder
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
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Re: [ha-Safran] Book Thief

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 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 in the
> USA by the publisher and cataloged as such in the USA.  Personally, I
> would not have recommended the book for children or even young adults
> unless they knew a great deal about the Shoah and were very mature.
>
>
>
>
>
> Paula Sandfelder
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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