Noticing Sentences

Lincoln Award Book, 2021 Way too relatable for my students ... I try not to stare at the scarf wound around her head. It's not that I've never seen this before. I've just never seen it live, in person. Especially here in Brookdale, the place crowned three years ago as the "Whitest Town in Maryland." p32 Privilege A human being would apologize. Would at least put the rifle away. but Mr. Danforth lacks the basic human firmware required for apologies. He rooted out those files and deleted them years ago. Being rich means never having to say you're sorry. p68-69 Emphasis mine. Discussion "Well, here's what I've noticed over the years: People-- men, especially-- are quiet for one of four reasons." She hands me the newly full glass and proceeds to tick them on her fingers: "They're hiding something. They're afraid of something. They have nothing to say. They have too much to say. Which is it for you?" p97 "Suck

Quotes But as Zora Neale Hurston famously warned, "If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." p2 Poems I Saved Self/ Care p16-17 Panther p18-19 We Shall Overcome p22 Mermaids p26-27 Tsunami p28-29 We Are Wise p33 We Can't Breathe p34 "On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley p49 Blessing p72 Lines I Loved "Boy," she demanded, "who taught you to hate your source?" p35

Quotes You don't have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. - John Ciardi Parents Protecting parents' feelings can be a full-time job. p59 Representation "Phoebe, you know all those novels about divorce? They're mostly for the kids who are just starting it. There should one about a kid who's lived with it for a long time. Then you'd see that we all survive it." p72-73 Nope He talks about Kilmer school spirit and how we should stand behind the school, no matter what. p118

Bluestem Book 2021 Shade  I just feel like there is a lot of shade in this book. It's could easily be a lot of different leaders, but the timing.... the whole episode of p 110-111 "But cowards seldom fight their own battles." p227 (Reading this on June 2, 2020 really hit.) "A king must be strong." p255 (The king himself says this.) What it means to be a hero "I'm not a hero," I say. "I didn't even know what I was DOING half of the time." p278-279

Lincoln 2021 Books U.S. versus other countries South Korea- p65 It's awkwardly formal compared to back home, where we usually all eat at different times, typically while in front of the TV or a book or our phones. Loneliness and noise. The American way. p92 Marcos is widely regarded by the world as a brutal dictator, continuing to stay in power after the end of his presidential term by declaring martial law. p147 It strikes me that I cannot claim this country's serene coves and sun-soaked beaches without also claiming its poverty, its problems, its history. To say that any aspect of it is part of me is to say that all of it is part of me. p227 Discussion I met one old woman who had been doing this every week for the last forty-eight years. even if God does not exist, this woman has been doing good in His name so maybe it does not really matter. p88 She hesitates, then adds, "Maybe you haven't developed a passion yet because you've spent your entire

Parents/ Parenting "You start them strong and they don't go wrong," he always says. p4 Community funeral and Curtis' speech p11 Love It "... I guess one day one of the Wright brothers walked up to somebody and asked it they had ever heard of an airplane. Just because it's new don't mean it's wrong girl." p190

Umm... hmm...no. When we learn to turn life's little "wrongs" into "rights," as Kae's story proves, Great Girls reach new heights. p29  (The "little wrongs" being discrimination and prejudice...) Her parents and siblings in California were uprooted and forced to move to a relocation camp in Arkansas because they were Japanese. p40  (Emphasis mine...)

Amazingly Said 2nd paragraph p 38 (Mike Jung) "Write what you know to be true." Write your lived experience into existence. Write your truth. p5 (Shaun David Hutchinson) The happiness someone wears and puts out into the universe should never be trusted to be the same amount of joy one has within. p181 (Adam Silvera) I really hope anyone reading this understands that if your "stupid" reason is eating you alive, then it's far from stupid. p183 (Adam Silvera) I write sad stories for teenagers because young adults need to see that there is no such thing as a happy ending when you're that age. Because life is more than your teenage years. p185 (Adam Silvera) Discussion 1st full paragraph on p 167 (Meredith Russo) Have you found your people yet? You absolutely must: they are going to make your life so much more enjoyable. p205 (s.e. smith) When so many people dislike you because of something you can't control, it turns out that you become an

On Sportsmanship "You pitched a great game, you really did. I'm proud of you. Unfortunately, your team is shitty... No you can't go getting mad at people because they're shitty. Life will get mad at them, don't worry." p13 Oh Sharing "I'm sorry, but if your brother doesn't want you to play with his shit, then you can't play with it. It's his shit. If he wants to be an asshole and not share, then that's his right. You always have the right to be an asshole-- you just shouldn't use that right very often." p33

Rebecca Caudill 2021 Book Age Never let it be said that the young are powerless or incapable. Never let it be said that youth is a liability. p57 Legacy We are fighting for our three lines in history just so that it will not be said that our youth went like sheep to the slaughter. p58 If they would not fight for millions of living Jews, perhaps they would fight for the memory of a single dead poet. p82 Prejudice "He is the enemy, Chaya! The war will end one day and the Germans will go back to their own land. But here we must live alongside thousands of people like that man. If we can't stop his hatred, this will happen again and again and again!" p104 "No, the Fuhrer of Germany has declared war on you and me, on all of us!" p137 "No, Chaya. As much as the Nazis want to take our lives, they want to take our faith, too." p139 "The hatred. I remember my father saying that he'd finally come to believe the world had moved past

Lincoln 2021 Book Gender I thought women were gorgeous no matter what they wore, and I didn't think they owed ayone an explanation for their sartorial choice. p49 gender and religion-- p49 Description There was something in Jacobi's eyes that was sympathetic in a way I'd never experienced before. It wasn't pity . It was recognition. He actually seemed to acknowledge me, my pain, and my anger, in a way no one else ever had. p108 Love it "Just try to be happy," Jacobi finally said to me. "Your happiness is the one thing these assholes can't stand." p108 "I don't want space," he said. "I've never wanted less space." p191 _______________________ "Aren't they your friends?" I said. If they were my friends," he said, "they'd be happy for me." p236 _______________________ The more I get to know people, the more I realized we were all just a bunch of frightened idiots wal

Whole Poems I Love "Spoken Word" p76-77 "About A" p103 "Sometimes Someone Says Something" p110 "Diplomas" p204 "Final Draft of Assignment 4 (What I Actually Turn In)" p248 "Other Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning" p311 Description He is an award-winning bound book, where I am loose and blank pages. p99 And now his smile is a little sad. And I think about all the things we could be if we were never told our bodies were not built for them. p188 Love It And about this apple, how come God didn't explain why they couldn't eat it? He gave Eve curiosity but didn't expect her to use it? p120 "I thought it would be cathartic to write something beautiful for yourself." p240 Because at least here with her, I know my words are okay. p264 She tells me words give people permission to be their fullest self. p345 "but I'll always have you

Then came another, more disturbing realization: The German POWs were being given more respect than the Black soldiers who had just fought for Europe's freedom. p79 The few Black soldiers who had been promoted to lieutenants out of necessity during the war were not allowed in the officers' facilities or clubs, despite having the same responsibilities as the white officers. We Blacks had risked our lives-- thousands had lost their lives-- to stop Nazism from spreading, to stop the Nazis' hatred and agenda of eliminating those people they segregated out, deemed as lesser, as unworthy. And yet in many respects we were being treated in the same way. p81 News item 6 December '45 Yesterday 140 Negro Soldiers were taken off of homebound ships in Le Havre by the Navy because there were no provisions for segregation. p84 Further, many of the Black vets from the war brought back the memories of how differently they had been treated by Europeans. They came back home not wan

Beautiful  They travel on perfectly straight paths from their broadcast source, and because the Earth is round, it does not take them long to part ways with the ground and head out to the stars. Wouldn't we all, if we had the chance? p1 Is this science? Religion? It is difficult even for scientists and saints to tell the difference between the two. Perhaps it doesn't matter. When you cultivate invisible seeds, you can't expect everyone to agree on the shape of your invisible crops. p2 "Even a small voice is still a voice." p9 Sometimes, when a question is about a secret, people will ask a different but related question, hoping to get an answer that will work for both questions. p13 It was just that Marisita was not sure that saints and witches were very different in the end. p61 This kindness, however, only made the situation worse for Pete. It emphasized that the person who was being cruelest to Pete was actually Pete. p111 But I, Diablo Diablo, thi

This whole book is just great for a feminist critical lens. Just... wow. I would particularly recommend King Thrushbeard, starting on page 47 "What servants?" answered the beggarman. "That which you want done you must do yourself. Make a fire quick, put on water, and cook me some food. I am very tired. p50  (In the exact same breath he tells his wife she has to do things for herself, he makes her do stuff for him.)

Bluestem 2021 Book Reading I snort. Most parents would be chuffed to have a kid who loves to read. p4 I stand in a long queue staring up at a war poster of Nazis burning books. The caption read, "Book are Weapons in the War of Ideas." I tuck my book under my arm. No wonder the Nazis don't want people to have them. For them, books are weapons. For me, stories are lifesavers. p274

Immigration p109-- WWII "Your grandparents worked really hard to build a life in this country," Mom said. "But they were also very proud of where they came from." p111 Identity "You always look down on stuff I like doing because I'm not being a senorita or not appreciating my culture. It's hard for me to figure out how to be me when you're always telling me it's wrong. I hate that you're always disappointed in me." p304 "I like to think of us as more like patchwork quilts," Mrs. Hidalgo said. "Some pieces are prettier than others. Some pieces match and some don't. But if you remove a square, you're just left with an incomplete quilt, and who wants that? All our pieces are equally important if they make us whole. even the weird ones." p309