So, unfortunately, my reading of Artemis Fowl was interrupted, and I am at this point, unable to complete it...That series will, sadly, have to wait for another time. On the bright side, I will begin assessing the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, a prolific British author. I am studying Stevenson, his life and writing in one of my English classes at my university. The first two stories that I will be reading of his are "The Plague-Cellar" and The Pentland Rising: A Page of History 1666. A little later on, we will be reading Treasure Island, so keep posted.
I picked this one up to possibly use in my AP class. It had been recommended to me by one of my coworkers and I was trying to decide if it was worth using in AP. The 57 Bus recounts the true story of two teens whose happenstance meeting on a public bus in Oakland, California. Sasha identified as nonbinary, liked to wear skirts, and went to a private school in Oakland. Richard was a black student, a good kid, but also tended to get mixed up in trouble. He went to a public school in Oakland's poorer side of town. One day, Sasha was riding the bus as they always did back to their house from school. This time though, Sasha fell asleep on the long ride. Richard and his friends boarded the bus as well, and seeing the skirt hanging off the edge of the seat, decided to see what would happen with a lighter. The material of the skirt burst into flames, and suddenly Sasha was burning. This story is unbelievably sad for both teenagers involved. In working with teenagers, one thing is tr...
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