Genre - Fiction
Rating - 4/5
Age group recommendation - Grades 5-8
The Scoop - Frannie's sixth grade year presents many challenges for her...her best friend's religious views; how to treat the new boy who looks white but says he's not; her brother's deafness and how it affects his, and her, world; her mother's health and the prospect of a new baby.
The Story - This is a great book for middle school students, probably more for girls than boys since it is told from Frannie's point of view. The book deals with many issues like the mother's miscarriages, inter-racial adoption and missing father figures in ways that are easy for this age group to understand and identify with. I am not sure how engaging this book would be for students. I felt that there was so much going on in the story that it was hard to really get into the story and be really engaged. I don't think this book measures up to many of Woodson's other books.
Educational applications
Rating - 4/5
Age group recommendation - Grades 5-8
The Scoop - Frannie's sixth grade year presents many challenges for her...her best friend's religious views; how to treat the new boy who looks white but says he's not; her brother's deafness and how it affects his, and her, world; her mother's health and the prospect of a new baby.
The Story - This is a great book for middle school students, probably more for girls than boys since it is told from Frannie's point of view. The book deals with many issues like the mother's miscarriages, inter-racial adoption and missing father figures in ways that are easy for this age group to understand and identify with. I am not sure how engaging this book would be for students. I felt that there was so much going on in the story that it was hard to really get into the story and be really engaged. I don't think this book measures up to many of Woodson's other books.
Educational applications
Georgia Performance Standards
ELA5W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.
After reading the book, students choose a topic from the book to write about: integration, racially mixed families, the hearing impaired, religion. Students may choose to write either a personal response to the book or a persuasive essay about one of the topics. Students should draw from their owns experiences, thoughts and reactions to complete the essay.
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007
Copy from Atlanta Fulton County Library
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