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One Book * One School * One Community 2012

Kilmer Middle School has chosen the book Trash by Andy Mulligan as the first ever selection in our One Book * One School * One Community effort during the Summer of 2012. This is not required reading, nor will there be any academic assessments on this book.
AWARDS
  • Carnegie Medal 2012 shortlist (British literary award recognizing an outstanding book for children or young adults, conferred by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2012
  • 2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
  • School Library Journal Best Books 2010
NON-FICTION BOOKS TO PAIR WITH THE NOVELTRASH
  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
  • The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession With Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health -- And a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard
  • Trash Talk: What You Throw Away by Amy Tilmont and others 

RELATED WEB SITES
  • The Dump Kids (Cambodian Communities out of Crisis)
  • Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground (PBS Frontline World)
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UNICEF
Kilmer's One Book Poster 2012
Picture
Listen to the first few pages read aloud:
Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping on it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, the world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It’s a bag of clues. It’s a bag of hope. It’s a bag that will change everything. Soon Raphael and his friends are running for their lives. Hounded by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking and fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man’s mission to put right a terrible wrong. And it's three street-boys against the world...
Author Andy Muligan's web site 

PARTICIPATE

Take pictures of yourself reading Trash and tweet them to@kilmerlibrary or e-mail them to kilmerlibrary <at> fcps.edu for display on the Kilmer Middle School web site. 

Use the hashtag #1bookkms when discussing the book on Twitter!
QUESTIONS?

Please contact Gretchen Hazlin, Kilmer Librarian, if you have any questions about our common book project.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Suggestion Box
    • Kilmer Library in Action
    • Contact Us, Hours & More
    • In the Media
    • School Library Impact
  • Reading
    • Summer Reading >
      • What to Read Next
      • High School Reading Requirements
    • Find Books @ Kilmer
    • Search the Catalog
    • What to Read Next
    • eBooks
    • Magazines
    • Book Talking
  • Research
    • General Research >
      • Citation
      • Note Taking
      • Biography
      • Careers
    • All FCPS Online Databases
    • English >
      • Survival Guide
      • Team Martians PBL
      • Social Issues
      • Celebration of Culture
      • Anne Frank
      • Etiquette Resources
      • Writing SOL
      • Chew On This
      • Malala
    • Science >
      • Ms. Blake's PBL >
        • ALBINISM
        • AMYLOIDOSIS
        • ALS
        • ALZHEIMERS
        • CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE
        • CYSTIC FIBROSIS
        • DIABETES
        • DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
        • EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME
        • HEMOCHROMATOSIS
        • HEMOPHILIA
        • HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
        • MARFAN SYNDROME
        • MYOSTATIN-RELATED MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY
        • OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
        • SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
        • SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
        • THALASSEMIA
      • Ecosystems
      • Water Quality Information
      • Creepy Crawlies
      • Watershed Resources
      • Bay Critters
      • Biomes >
        • Ms. Douthit's ZOOseum
      • Food Chains
      • Bats
      • Chemical Elements
      • Physical/Chemical Properties
      • Nature of Materials >
        • Wood Skyscrapers
      • Cooking as Science
      • Scientists
    • Social Studies >
      • Current Events
      • Progressive Era Research
      • Communism
      • Westward Expansion
      • Industrialization
      • 1920s
      • Jacob Lawrence
      • Great Depression & New Deal
      • WWII Artifacts
      • Post World War II
      • Civil Rights
      • Election 2018
      • Supreme Court
    • Health & PE >
      • Personal /Community Health >
        • Four Dimensions of Health
        • ATOD8
        • Physical Activity
        • Sleep
        • Nutrition
        • Hydration
        • Academic Success
      • Kilmer Medical Center
    • World Languages >
      • Country Research
      • Español
      • Hispanic Holidays
      • Latin
    • FACS >
      • Babysitting
      • Nutrition
      • career
  • Makerspace
    • MakerCare
  • Teachers
    • Stations
    • Finding Leveled Texts
    • Literacy
  • OneKilmer
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