Bibliographic Information: Harper, C. M. (2006). Flashcards of my life. New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company.
Annotation: The author uses a journal style text to tell the story of Emily, a young girl in high school. Emily is given a set of flashcards that ask about certain events in her life that are shared with the reader as well as her personal journal entries accompanied with illustrations she has drawn herself.
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Grade Level: Middle School or higher
Readers Who Will Like This Book: Young girls ages 10-16
Personal Response and Rating: I rate this book a 3. Remembering how I felt and what I experienced at that age were accurately depicted in the book without being sensationalized or over dramatized. The language is easy to follow and the characters are realistically flawed.
Prereading Question: What would you choose to write in your personal journal?
Reading Strategies Connection:
A. Reading Strategy - Character web
B. Description of Strategy - Students create a web for characters in the book by identifying traits and supporting their choices with examples from the text.
C. Rationale - There are quite a few characters in the book that seem to play a significant role in the protagonist's life. By creating a story web, students will be able to make connections between the protagonist and supporting characters as well as gain a deeper understanding of the interactions between these characters and how the protagonist's life is effected by them.
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