Review: Guess Who...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2013
I walked down the hall with a Kindle in one hand and my Kindle Fire under my arm. Face heavily engrossed in the screen I continued to read. On the floor were markings and I knew just how many it took to make it to class. As my name was called, I stopped, but I continued to read. "Oh My" were the words that I heard myself say...and before I knew it my favorite little bookworms were at my side stealing glances of what I was reading, I share... then we enter the classroom. There was instantly a slight change to the lesson. Our topic for the day would be "The Guardians...books I and II along with a little "Guess Who" segment. After summarizing book I we headed right into book II. What an intriguing turn of events, one by one the questions began to fire and all I could do was smile. One question in particular was asked..."Will you read to us...," and with that, I read..."In secret we met In silence I grieve That the heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? With Silence and tears.--Lord ByronAfter reading that, the summary of book I and several chapters in book II, we began discussing its characters, their powers and their ethnicities. One student asked who wrote the Guardian Series and how could a person know so much about different people,bring the characters to life give them such awesome powers; Know about angels both good and bad, even demons; describe sceneries and landmarks, landscapes and mountainsides,  and hold the readers interest? For 20 minutes we went back and forth from guess who-to-guess who, until finally I share with them the author and a link for them to look her up. By the time we met again, the students had formed a book club. "The Guardian Series, by Lola StVil, is what they decided to use as their first read. The power of sharing a book, especially with teens truly warms my heart. I ran across Lola StVil while creating a lesson for a Children's Literature class on Port au Prince, Haiti. I was glad she switched and tried something new with her writing. A good read for all audiences both young and old. Without giving anything away....Now on to book 3.