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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“..English teachers often take a right-wrong stance. I'd rather my students take a thinking stance.”
― Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop
― Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop
“...Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our students' hands? Shouldn't this be a front-burner issue at all times?”
― Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
― Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
“I'm sixteen years old and this is the main idea the adults in my life have given me. Whether it's seaweed in Mexico, missing art projects, or Dad shrugging, the message is clear: The older people get, the less they can do about things.”
― Still Life with Tornado
― Still Life with Tornado
“There is no more important homework than reading. Research shows that the highest achieving students are those who devote leisure time to reading, even when the school day and year are only mid-length and homework isn’t excessive. Recently, the largest-ever international study of reading found that the single most important predictor of academic success is the amount of time children spend reading books, more important even than economic or social status. And one of the few predictors of high achievement in math and science is the amount of time children devote to pleasure reading.”
― The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers
― The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers
Book Love Summer Book Club 2018
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Mrs. Suttle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mrs. Suttle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
488 books
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58 friends
285 books
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20 friends
305 books
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7 friends
1,368 books
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671 friends
679 books
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118 friends
551 books
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14 friends
87 books
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5 friends
138 books
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9 friends
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Favorite Genres
Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, and Young-adult
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