Spring is a sign of new beginnings and that means new novels in the reading classes! The sixth grade is currently reading the historical fiction Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Patterson. Set in Lawrence Massachusetts, students are revealing many authentic facts and characters based on the mill strikes of 1912.

Seventh grade reading classes are reading "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Michaelson. Circle Justice makes the decision to banish a young juvenile offender to a lone island in Alaska. Can he survive a one year sentence willing to change himself or will his anger get the best of him?

Jacqueline Woodson's novel "After Tupac and D Foster wrestles with inner city life as three girls bond together over the love of Tupac Shamur, independence and the fear of their future lives together. The eighth graders will continue to study Tupac's gift of poetry and videos along with the study of figurative language.