This year I plan to read all the GA Book Award Nominees and provide a “one stop” resource for teachers who would like to use these books in their classrooms. I will be posting links to author Web sites, teacher’s guides, and related Web links. I hope to make this an unbiased resource, so I will not be providing my own review of the books–other than recommending it as a read aloud (or not).
The Sorta Sisters
Summary: In Florida, Anna Casey lives with what she hopes is the last in a long line of foster mothers, and Mica Delano lives with her father on their small boat, and when the two of them begin corresponding, they discover they have a lot in common.
Author Web Site: http://www.adrianfogelin.com
Teacher’s Guide: Not Currently Available
Related Links: Islamorado, Florida
About the Florida Keys (with Link to You Tube Video about Islamorado, FL)
Description: Islamorado Chamber of Commerce Video (Same Video Found in Link Shown Above)
This posting of the same video is for schools who cannot access YouTube due to content filtering. Please view the video from the original source if possible.
Islamorado, Village of Islands (Photo Gallery)
Panoramic Views of Islamorado, FL (The Florida Keys in 360 Degrees!!)
Related Links: Manatees
Florida Manatees @ Defenders of Wildlife Web Site (Includes Video and Slideshow)
Manatees @ National Geographic for Kids (Facts, Photos, Video, etc.)
Save the Manatees (Facts About Manatees, Videos, Public Service Announcements)
Related Links: Tallahassee, Florida
Slide Show @ Tallahassee Online Visitor’s Guide Web Site
Tallahassee Nature Video (You Tube)
Description: YouTube Video about Tallahassee Nature
Please view this version of the video, as it is from the original source, if possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwctKuura78
Description: YouTube Video of Tallahassee Nature
This posting of the same video is for schools who cannot access YouTube due to content filtering. Please view the video from the original source if possible.
Related Links: Wakulla River/Springs
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Wakulla Springs @ Tallahassee Online Visitor’s Guide Site
Read Aloud Recommendation: This book, with alternating narrative perspectives, letters, and sepia drawings depicting wildlife and packages that the main characters, Anna Casey and Mica Delano, discuss and exchange in the course of the novel, is best suited for individual readers. In my opinion, the reader would lose a certain intimacy if this book is read aloud. Students who read this book will definitely want to read others in the series. At this time, the author has written five novels set in her Tallahassee neighborhood. These novels, in order, are:
Anna Casey’s Place in the World
My Brother’s Hero
The Big Nothing
The Sorta Sisters
