“on the road to finding out” – ya book – about a high school senior – but very readable for middle school – best of all? running is involved – really a great book for gifted girls – about what you do when your plan a goes wrong – even your plan a from your senior year – the one you have all your eggs in a basket for – but, the beauty of books, the story works well even for old teacher men b/c our plan a’s go wrong all the time:)

“1929 bunion derby” – for two years in a row, a cross the country run was made – the men would run for 40-50 miles a day – or, at the end of this 1929 run, 60-70 miles a day – just an unbelievable story – including one about an African-American from b’ham – who lived in seattle later – and one of the great things about book, I realized this guy (eddie gardner) should be recognized in the state’s sports hall of fame – and those nominations are something ordinary people like me can do – so the cool thing about that book was that I could do something with it

so two running books for the week, but the first one was YA so I feel like I’m still somewhat contributing to the class – occasionally – maybe not – oh, well, at least I have my Corbo stories

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ps – it bugged me until I finally remembered – I read “teenagers matter” – yes, rich irony that I’d forgotten that one – but good book – I wrote to your parents about it friday