I didn't write "Cheechako" to be a book for reluctant middle-grade readers.
I wrote it to be the kind of book I would have searched for, jumped on and disappeared into when I was ten, eleven or twelve.
It's not a long book, only about 140 pages–which turns out to be good. And it's filled with action, adventure, and maybe most of all ... independence: the chance for kids to get off on their own. It's the stuff of many kid's dreams.
By chance, several of my early readers are adult middle-school reading specialists and so I started hearing about reluctant readers. These are kids who can read, but choose not to. They'd rather be doing something else ... almost anything else.
The book is already in use in classrooms, and teachers report back that students choose to miss other activities like movies and special school events to sit in the classroom and read "Cheechako."
Some even did the unthinkable. They sneaked and read ahead. For an author, does it get any better?!
I'd like to ask a favor. If you know a middle-school teacher, librarian or reading specialist, would you forward this "Cheechako" link for their consideration.
http://www.amazon.com/Cheechako-Book-Jonathan-Thomas-Stratman
And thank you!
I wrote it to be the kind of book I would have searched for, jumped on and disappeared into when I was ten, eleven or twelve.
It's not a long book, only about 140 pages–which turns out to be good. And it's filled with action, adventure, and maybe most of all ... independence: the chance for kids to get off on their own. It's the stuff of many kid's dreams.
By chance, several of my early readers are adult middle-school reading specialists and so I started hearing about reluctant readers. These are kids who can read, but choose not to. They'd rather be doing something else ... almost anything else.
The book is already in use in classrooms, and teachers report back that students choose to miss other activities like movies and special school events to sit in the classroom and read "Cheechako."
Some even did the unthinkable. They sneaked and read ahead. For an author, does it get any better?!
I'd like to ask a favor. If you know a middle-school teacher, librarian or reading specialist, would you forward this "Cheechako" link for their consideration.
http://www.amazon.com/Cheechako-Book-Jonathan-Thomas-Stratman
And thank you!
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