![]() The story is told from the perspective of seven of the students. Terupt tells the tale of a fifth grade class in an elementary school in Connecticut, USA. Terupt is up there with the best!īecause of Mr. ![]() In a city, like Vancouver, we have two immediate needs in terms of literacy: 1) to find books that require extensive critical thinking skills, 2) and for these books to be age-appropriate and easy enough for recently arrived immigrant children to understand. Terupt (2011) proves to be the perfect follow up! Finding a book that takes these same readers to the next level is challenging, because of the lack of suitable books on the market. ![]() ![]() Terupt is a terrific book for developing critical thinking and emotional sensitivity Recently I reviewed Paul Yee’s books Shu-Li and Tamara (2008) and Shu-Li and Diego (2009), which are ideal for emerging readers and middle-school ESL students. ![]()
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