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Stone Water

Publication Information
Author:  Gilbert, Barbara Illustrator:  
Title:  Stone Water Date:  1996
Publisher:  Front Street City:  Arden, N.C.
ISBN, paperback:  1-886910-11-1 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers and students will find many topics to discuss and write about in this compelling story of a three-generation family and the issue of assisted suicide. Strategies that focus on divergent opinions such as Agree/Disagree and Discussion Web would work well. Relationships in the story provide excellent opportunities for comparison/contrast activities: grandfather-grandson; grandfather-son; son-mother; son-father. In addition students may want to discuss the differences in the families of Grant and his best friend Avery.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet Discussion Webs
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > coming-of-age
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships > intergenerational
bullet Family > grandparents > grandparent-child relationships
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > aging
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > assisted suicide


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