Another great booktalk and use
of Vocaroo for recording. Thanks, Rachel Creagor.
Click the link to hear my
booktalk: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0RhoE5eJBm4
Have you ever worked hard to
get something and then realized it wasn't what you wanted after all? You
always want what you can’t have, right?
Under the Same Sky by Cynthia
DeFelice is a realistic fiction chapter book that you won’t be able to put
down! Fourteen-year-old Joe desperately wants a motorbike, but his
parents can’t afford to get him one. His dad makes a deal with Joe that
he can work on the farm, with the migrant workers, all summer to earn money for
the bike. Joe spends his summer with Manuel, the crew boss, and Luisa, a
pretty, young worker, and many other crew members. It wasn't pleasant
work; on page 32, it says, “Let’s just say I wasn't chilly for long. Soon
the sun was beating down. This was good because it drove away the hordes
of mosquitoes that tormented me at first, but awful because I was wearing a
black T-shirt. I felt as if every ray from the sun was drawn directly
from the sky onto my sweating back. Finally, I took off the shirt and
stuffed it into the pocket of my jeans, which helped a little, but not
much.”
A tough summer ensues as
several of the crew members are threatened with deportation and people from
town want the migrant workers to leave. What will happen to the
crew? How will Joe’s relationship with the crew change his
life? You need to read Under the Same Sky by Cynthia DeFelice to
find out.
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