Title: The house you pass on the way
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: Children's Literature, realistic fiction
Subgenre: Chapter Book, racism
Theme: Change can be good, It is okay to be different
Primary and Secondary charactesrs:
Awards, date of publication: 2003, Coretta Scott King Award
Publishing company: Speak
This book is a must read. It tells the story of a bi-racial couple living in the deep south. Their children are mixed so they are treated differently because of this. The main character, Staggerlee, is one of their daughters who does not know who she really is. The father's family abandoned him after marrying a white woman. However, After a death in the family his sister contacts him. Meanwhile, Staggerlee kissed a girl at school and is confused more than ever on how she feels. Her father's sister then sends her daughter to stay with him because the daughter has been misbehaving. The daughter and Staggerlee become very close and Staggerlee begins to have feelings for this girl. At the end of the summer the girl leaves and doesn't talk to Staggerlee for a while. Months later Staggerlee gets a letter that she had changed. That the girl had a boyfriend now and decided to change her name so that it is now more feminine. Staggerlee was very shocked and disappointed. However, Staggerlee then saw the changes she had made herself and realized that sometimes change is a good thing. I would use this to introduce how sometimes being different is okay. It would be good to use when introducing multiculturalism in the classroom. The students could really benefit from seeing this actually happen and be ok.
Illustrator: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: Children's Literature, realistic fiction
Subgenre: Chapter Book, racism
Theme: Change can be good, It is okay to be different
Primary and Secondary charactesrs:
Awards, date of publication: 2003, Coretta Scott King Award
Publishing company: Speak
This book is a must read. It tells the story of a bi-racial couple living in the deep south. Their children are mixed so they are treated differently because of this. The main character, Staggerlee, is one of their daughters who does not know who she really is. The father's family abandoned him after marrying a white woman. However, After a death in the family his sister contacts him. Meanwhile, Staggerlee kissed a girl at school and is confused more than ever on how she feels. Her father's sister then sends her daughter to stay with him because the daughter has been misbehaving. The daughter and Staggerlee become very close and Staggerlee begins to have feelings for this girl. At the end of the summer the girl leaves and doesn't talk to Staggerlee for a while. Months later Staggerlee gets a letter that she had changed. That the girl had a boyfriend now and decided to change her name so that it is now more feminine. Staggerlee was very shocked and disappointed. However, Staggerlee then saw the changes she had made herself and realized that sometimes change is a good thing. I would use this to introduce how sometimes being different is okay. It would be good to use when introducing multiculturalism in the classroom. The students could really benefit from seeing this actually happen and be ok.
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