Anonymous
06/05/2025 05:20
Subject: Reading List?
It’s FCPS, don’t expect your kid to read a book in middle school.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 05:00
Subject: Reading List?
Anonymous wrote:The book depicts violence, including stoning, shootings, drownings, beatings, and the loss of family members. It also portrays the dangers of war and displacement, including missile strikes and the exploitation of refugees.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RefugeeAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The teacher chose the book and handed it to the entire class. The parents were not informed. The book had death, violence, bloody scenes, and suicide ideation.
Title?
You're worried about your seventh-grade child reading Refugee?Land the helicopter.
Story 1= accurate historical fiction about a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Germany
Story 2= accurate historical fiction about a Cuban girl escaping Communist Cuba in the 1980s.
Story 3= accurate realistic fiction about a Syrian boy escaping the bombings in Syria
Of course there is death and violence, but it's because it's accurate.
My kids have some friends with some very overprotective parents, but I've never heard of any of them worrying about their kids reading Alan Gratz books.
Emotional Impact:
The book is described as emotionally charged and disturbing due to its graphic descriptions of violence, loss, and suicide. It also describes the blood in the water from the shark attack and the gun hold-up in the taxi. The father commits suicide and a daughter contemplates suicide after her friend dies.
I'm aware of this. I've read the book.
I still think it's ridiculous that you are concerned about this book being read in seventh grade.
Anonymous
06/04/2025 23:52
Subject: Reading List?
The book depicts violence, including stoning, shootings, drownings, beatings, and the loss of family members. It also portrays the dangers of war and displacement, including missile strikes and the exploitation of refugees.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RefugeeAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The teacher chose the book and handed it to the entire class. The parents were not informed. The book had death, violence, bloody scenes, and suicide ideation.
Title?
You're worried about your seventh-grade child reading Refugee?
Story 1= accurate historical fiction about a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Germany
Story 2= accurate historical fiction about a Cuban girl escaping Communist Cuba in the 1980s.
Story 3= accurate realistic fiction about a Syrian boy escaping the bombings in Syria
Of course there is death and violence, but it's because it's accurate.
My kids have some friends with some very overprotective parents, but I've never heard of any of them worrying about their kids reading Alan Gratz books.
Emotional Impact:
The book is described as emotionally charged and disturbing due to its graphic descriptions of violence, loss, and suicide. It also describes the blood in the water from the shark attack and the gun hold-up in the taxi. The father commits suicide and a daughter contemplates suicide after her friend dies.
Anonymous
06/04/2025 22:07
Subject: Reading List?
Anonymous wrote:RefugeeAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The teacher chose the book and handed it to the entire class. The parents were not informed. The book had death, violence, bloody scenes, and suicide ideation.
Title?
You're worried about your seventh-grade child reading Refugee?
Land the helicopter.
Story 1= accurate historical fiction about a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Germany
Story 2= accurate historical fiction about a Cuban girl escaping Communist Cuba in the 1980s.
Story 3= accurate realistic fiction about a Syrian boy escaping the bombings in Syria
Of course there is death and violence, but it's because it's accurate.
My kids have some friends with some very overprotective parents, but I've never heard of any of them worrying about their kids reading Alan Gratz books.
Anonymous
06/04/2025 21:46
Subject: Reading List?
RefugeeAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The teacher chose the book and handed it to the entire class. The parents were not informed. The book had death, violence, bloody scenes, and suicide ideation.
Title?