My students and I got to participate in World Book Night April 23. The book we gave away was Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. (I will write about that soon.)

This trailer gives a pretty good idea of why this book is so great:

I have several students reading it now. There’s not much better than students clamoring for the books you talk about at the beginning of class.

Tagged: book trailers, Readers Writers Workshop, reel reading, reluctant readers, World Book Night