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Michael
Sullivan, teacher, librarian, chess instructor, author, storyteller, expert on
boys and reading.
2009-2010 Scholastic Chess Tournaments!
Most
recent book suggestions:
Don
Calame. Swim the Fly. (Candlewick, 2009)
All
right, I only recommend about one teen angst novel a year, because this is
not a format with a great deal of boy appeal. So when I do recommend a
book with the old standbys - dorky guy who doesn't have a chance with the
way too hot girl with the big gorilla-ish boyfriend who is sure to beat
the snot out of the dorky guy - well, you know it is special. Swim the
Fly is unapologetically a teen angst novel that is just so over the
top funny it has to be experienced. And it is guy humor, too; bathroom and
bodily function jokes, stupid pranks, and insanely complex schemes that go
horribly wrong. So laugh it up with three loser friends who have vowed
that this is the summer they will see...
High School
Rich
Wallace. Restless: A Ghost's Story. (Speak, 2003)
Here is a ghost story for the high school sports fan. We have all seen stories of living people peering into the shadow world of the dead, but this is told through the eyes of the dead peering into the world of the living. Frank died too young, just a teenager, and there is something holding him to this world. He has his little brother Herbie to watch over, sure, but there is more, and it probably has something to do with that angry spirit who is stalking Herbie through the graveyard every night.
High School
PRE-PUBLICATION
ALERT! Nancy Bo Flood. Warriors in the Crossfire. (Boyd's Mill
Press, March 15, 2010)
This
is a story of native peoples caught in the crossfire of World War II in
the Pacific. The people of Saipan Island huddle between the occupying
Japanese, who vow death to all rather than surrender, and the Americans
who are said to be so vicious they eat children. Who do you fight for? Who
do you fear most? And does it take more courage to fight or to survive?
Middle
& High School
Mary
Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce. Leprechauns and Irish Folklore: A Nonfiction Companion to
Leprechauns in Late Winter. [Magic Tree House Research Guide] (Random House,
2010)
Who
needs a story written ABOUT some of the best stories ever? Why not just
enjoy Irish folklore? Revel in the playful, and sometimes not so playful,
deeds of the wee folk, whether meeting to dance beneath the stars, tearing
apart houses that were built on fairy roads, or spiriting away their
little hoards of gold. Learn how to find that gold, how to lift a fairy
spell, and what it means when a Banshee wails outside your window.
Elementary School
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Upcoming
Speaking Events:
Thursday,
February 11, 3:30pm & 5:00pm
Laconia
Public Library Laconia,
NH
Book Club - Phantom of the Science Fair
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Wednesday,
March 10 - Thursday, March 11 Penn
Brook School Georgetown, MA
Author In Residence
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Wednesday,
March 17 Northwood
School Northwood,
NH
Parent Program - Boys and Reading
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Saturday,
March 20
That
Little Spot of Red
Hanover,
NH
Author Visit
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Monday,
March 29, 6:30pm
Hampstead
Public Library
Hampstead,
NH
Chess Night
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Wednesday,
April 7 Mason
Library Lecture Keene
State College, Keene, NH Boys
and Reading: Bad Rap, or Just Time for a New Approach?
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Mike In
the News:
Simmons
Magazine, Fall 2009
Advocation
Abby (the) Librarian, September 16, 2009
Boys,
Boys, Boys ... Is It Cool to Read or What? The Library of Michigan's
Quarterly Newsletter,
Fall 2009
Motivating
boys to become better readers Memorial Examiner (Houston, TX), August
26, 2009
MEET
THE AUTHOR with Joan Fardella (Episode 2) Salem Public TV, August 20, 2009
MEET
THE AUTHOR with Joan Fardella Salem Public TV, July 27, 2009
Medford
teacher wins visit from author Michael Sullivan Medford Transcript,
June 24, 2009
School
Library Journal calls Connecting Boys With Books 2 "A
must-read for all librarians and media specialists."
SLJ,
June 1, 2009
Sapphire
Knight Party Extraveganza IParty
'Escapade'
grabs reluctant readers, 8-12 Children's Book Examiner, May 18, 2009
Book
Groups the Way Boys Like'Em American Libraries, May, 2009
The
Best Blue is Cupcake The Gossip Lady Blog, March 27, 2009
Partying
to Get Boys To Read Publishers Weekly Online, March 26, 2009
An
Interview with Michael Sullivan: Escapade Johnson Strikes Again
Education News, March 22, 2009
Linking
Boys With Books The Wire, March 19, 2009
Book
of the Week #9 Book Notes New Hampshire, NH Center for the Book,
March 6, 2009
Gossip
Lady meets the Pied Piper of young readers:
Michael Sullivan
SeacoastOnline.com, March 5, 2009
Children's
Bookwatch calls The Sapphire Knight "a rousing saga"
February
2009
Mom's
Choice Awards Announces Best Products of 2009
January
30, 2009
Review:
Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke Reading With Monie, January 22, 2009
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