#BraveWriter 2017-2018 Boomerang Book Selections

The following is taken from the Brave Writer website:

The Boomerang is the monthly digital product that features a classic work of fiction each month. These novels are used to teach the mechanics of writing (grammar, spelling, punctuation, and literary elements). In addition to the weekly passages used for copywork and dictation, The Boomerang includes 9 discussion questions which are designed to enhance a student's comprehension of the novel's themes and construction through discussion and writing.

Each guide contains the following:

• Copywork/dictation passages
• Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and literary device notes
• 9 discussion questions
• Book Club Party ideas
• Access to the Private Facebook Group to discuss how you implement the Arrow

2017-2018 Book List 

August: Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel) (purchased paper book and audiobook on estories)
September: Walking (Henry David Thoreau) (purchased paper book)
October: The Thing About Jellyfish (Ali Benjamin) (purchased audiobook on estories)
November: Georges (Alexandre Dumas)
December: The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
January: The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Jack London)
February: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass)
March: When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead)
April: The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (Adam Gidwitz)
May: Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)

Always review the books yourself and be certain that you are okay with the contents before giving them to your children. Some of these titles do contain adult language and themes.

#BraveWriter 2017-2018 Arrow Book Selections

The following is taken from Brave Writer's website.

The Arrow is the monthly digital product (like a magazine) that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (novels listed below, not included with purchase). The Arrow is designed for children ages 8-11 (3rd - 6th grades) and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context.

This year's Arrow Guides are brought to you by Melissa Wiley, well-loved children's novelist and Brave Writer instructor! Mary Wilson, popular blogger, is adding a page of Book Club Party ideas for each book this year as well.

Each guide contains the following:

• Copywork/dictation passages
• Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and literary device notes
• Writing activity
• 9 discussion questions
• Book Club Party ideas
• Access to the Private Facebook Group to discuss how you implement the Arrow

2017-2018 Book List 

August: The Bad Beginning, (Lemony Snicket)
September: Esperanza Rising (Pam Muñoz Ryan)
October: The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Kelly Barnhill)
November: Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
December: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Grace Lin)
January: Finn Family Moomintroll (Tove Jansson)
February: Elijah of Buxton (Christopher Paul Curtis)
March: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Konigsberg)
April: The Red Pencil (Andrea Davis Pinkney)
May: The Thing About Luck (Cynthia Kadohata)

Always review the books yourself and be certain that you are okay with the contents before giving them to your children.