Books In the Middle Podcast
Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday unless it is a holiday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!
Books In the Middle Podcast
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone (Contemporary Fiction)
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
Have you ever been embarrassed? Like so embarrassed that you had trouble talking? Olivia has a moment like that when she's being yelled at by her principal, all because she is wearing a tank top and won't put her sweatshirt on. But she has a reason for not putting her sweatshirt on, a very good reason.
Molly witnesses Olivia's moment and she knows WHY Olivia won't put her sweatshirt on. And pretty soon, she decides to point out the inequities in the current dress code at her middle school. It is a dress code that seems to only go after the girls, and the boys don't have to deal with it. Is that fair? Nope, not in Molly's eyes. So Molly begins a podcast to expose the injustice she and others see, with their dress code.
Recommended for grades 6 and up.
