March 3rd - March 31st
The Goal: To have our entire school community including parents involved in the joy of reading.
El objetivo: Este evento es involucrar a toda nuestra comunidad escolar, incluidos los padres, en el placer de la lectura)
Each family will receive a copy of our selected book, A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga. Following a shared schedule, the families read at home together. At school we will be reading and in the classroom, there are daily events and projects that reinforce the reading and get everyone at school excited about the book.
Cada familia recibirá una copia de nuestro libro seleccionado, A Rover's Story de Jasmine Warga. Siguiendo un horario compartido, las familias leen juntas en casa. En la escuela estaremos leyendo y en el salón de clases hay eventos y proyectos diarios que refuercen la lectura y entusiasmen a todos en la escuela con el libro.
Click on the week to see the reading schedule and the Video Read Aloud with Images.
Haga clic en la semana para ver el horario de lectura y el video.
Sobre la autora
"Jasmine Warga is the New York Times-bestselling author of middle grade novels Other Words For Home, The Shape of Thunder, and A Rover’s Story. Other Words For Home earned multiple awards, including a John Newbery Honor, a Walter Honor for Young Readers, and a Charlotte Huck Honor. The Shape of Thunder was a School Library Journal and Bank Street best book of the year, a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Children's and YA Book Award, and has been named to several state award reading lists. A Rover’s Story, her latest novel, was an instant New York Times bestseller, a Indie Next List and a Junior Library Guild selection, and was named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post. She is also the author of young adult novel, My Heart and Other Black Holes, which has been translated into over twenty different languages. Her next middle grade novel, A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL, will be published on September 10th, 2024. Originally from Cincinnati, she now lives in the Chicago-area with her family in a house filled with books." (https://jasminewarga.com/about)
Jasmine Warga es la autora de novelas de grado medio más vendidas del New York Times, Other Words For Home, The Shape of Thunder y A Rover's Story. Other Words For Home obtuvo múltiples premios, incluido un premio John Newbery, un premio Walter para lectores jóvenes y un premio Charlotte Huck. The Shape of Thunder fue el mejor libro del año del School Library Journal y de Bank Street, finalista del Barnes & Noble Children's and YA Book Award, y ha sido incluido en varias listas de lectura de premios estatales. A Rover's Story, su última novela, fue un éxito de ventas instantáneo del New York Times, una Indie Next List y una selección del Junior Library Guild, y fue nombrado mejor libro del año por Publishers Weekly y The Washington Post. También es autora de la novela para adultos jóvenes Mi corazón y otros agujeros negros, que ha sido traducida a más de veinte idiomas diferentes. Su próxima novela de grado medio, A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL, se publicará el 10 de septiembre de 2024. Originaria de Cincinnati, ahora vive en el área de Chicago con su familia en una casa llena de libros. (https://jasminewarga.com/about)
A fictional Mars Rover narrates its own journey from the robotics lab to the Red Planet. When two scientists, Rania and Xander, build a Mars rover named Resilience, neither are aware that it is paying attention to every detail. Through journal-style updates, interspersed with letters from Rania's daughter Sophie, Resilience meets robotic and human colleagues, survives a battery of tests, and travels millions of miles into outer space, all experienced through an emotional humanistic lens. The format of brief journal entries and letters is engagingly readable for even reluctant readers, and the humorous interactions between robots and machines keep the science-heavy story moving at a reasonable pace. Readers learn about becoming a Mars rover as Resilience does, turning into the expert as Resilience further learns how to be human. Warga's character development is consistent with human and nonhuman figures, particularly Rania and Sophie; their Arabic language and culture weave smoothly throughout the story and elevate the reading experience. Rania's very real challenges of being a working wife and mother in a male-dominated field round out an authentic, modern text. The arc of the story travels into the future for a happy ending that sacrifices realism for sweetness, but the overall experience is quite satisfying. VERDICT A fresh format and timely topic engage readers in this uplifting and deeply human sci-fi story.—Casey O'Leary