Here are the booktalks that I've written for various booktalking occasions. Feel free to tweak, reuse, and share.
On Monday, June 3rd, Rayme Clarke’s father ran off with a dental hygienist. On Wednesday, June 5th, Raymie decided that the only way she can get her father back is to win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition. So she starts taking baton twirling lessons from Miss Ida Nee. She wants her plan to work, but she might need a little help, possibly from her fellow pageant contestants.
Papi was the first to tell Michael Arroyo he had the arm. He once knocked out a thief throwing a baseball from the pitcher’s mound to dead center field. He and Papi dreamed about going to the Little League World series, shown on ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. Michael is so close to his dream now. He just needs to get his team through the district finals, but there is a problem. Michael is good – too good. Rival coaches and players can’t believe a boy could be this good and only be twelve years old. They ask to see his birth certificate, but it’s back in Cuba, Michael’s homeland. If the people from social services find out his secret, he’ll be separated from the only family he knows, his older brother Carlos.
Safety rules for moving:
Anna Nickel is moving to Kansas, against her will and without her Safety Club (small though it may be) to back her up. She doesn't know what kind of disasters she needs to prepare for in Kansas or how she'll fit in. With Midnight H. Cat, her sister Isabella, Mom and Dad, she bravely leaves Colorado to face Kansas challenges head-on.
"Everyone thinks kids are as sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder. Kids get away with it."
Necco Wafers are a candy that have been around since 1847. They were popular during the Great Depression because they only cost a penny – which most folks could afford. Turtle lives during the Great Depression and when her mama gets a job as a housekeeper for a woman who doesn’t like kids, Turtle is sent to Key West Florida to live with relative she’s never met before. Florida isn’t anything like she thought it would be and before she knows what’s happening, she finds herself coming out of the shell she’s spent her life building.
Someday – maybe not today – but someday you’ll have a teacher who just gets you. I did. For me iti was my 8th grade US History teacher, Mr. Omdahl. For Jessica, Alexia, Peter, Luke, Danielle, Anna, and Jeffery, it’s Mr. Terupt. He’s new at Snow Hill School, but he seems to know how to deal with all of the kids and give them just what they need. But an accident on a snowy winter day changes everything – and everyone.
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