The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief, recently spoke with a group of students at the Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia. The students later emailed her book trailers that they’d made for her novel as part of a class project.
We were pretty impressed by them (and wished we were given a fun assignment like this back when we were in school!) Check the trailers out on her blog.
Haven’t read the book yet? Email us and we’ll send a complimentary copy to the first TEN people who respond.
January 28, 2010 at 6:38 pm
This fascinating book is unique and would be wonderful to read. Thanks for this posting and the background.
January 29, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Our upper school uses a book club model for one of our summer reading programs. Every teacher selects a book club book so that we have 50+ books, then all 800 students pick one of the books to read for summer reading. The Good Thief is one of this year’s selections. I suspect it will be a huge hit. I can’t wait to share the book trailers with the teacher that selected it!
February 3, 2010 at 4:49 pm
This book looks excellent. I was able to send the trailers along to a 10th grade teachers as an example of how she may incorporate technology into her classes.
Thanks for the posting.
February 17, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I have read excerpts from this book and it sounds like it would be a wonderful book for families to read aloud in the evening. Appropriate for all ages and a real adventure! Can’t wait to read the whole thing!
March 22, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Wow, am I intrigued by this one! I do love a good adventure story, and this one sounds particularly good. I will enjoy sharing this title with students looking for something well-written, outside of the popular “vampire, zombie, ghost…” genre and without too much modern teenage angst. Refreshing!
March 22, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I followed the links to the author’s website to view the children’s trailers. Great, creative way to “review” and/or promote books. As a selector for juvenile fiction, I’m going to add this book to my next order. I can’t wait to read the whole thing.
March 23, 2010 at 1:04 pm
We build our summer reading list around quality, engaging books that will be chosen by students and discussed in the fall. This title looks perfect for our list. I will also send the link to the trailers to our teachers. What a creative assignment!
March 27, 2010 at 1:42 am
I just discoverd your blog and look forward to keeping up with new posts. The student book trailers for the Good Thief were fabulous and I now eagerly look forward to reading it, too.
March 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm
This is a great blog. I’m glad I found it on the Unshelved site. I know many of my readers will really enjoy this book. The comments are also very helpful as I can see how others are promoting the book or using it for projects. Love it!
Pat
April 12, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I am glad to have found this website. It is great to see all the new releases and ways to keep students interested in reading.
Thanks