Books In the Middle Podcast
Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday unless it is a holiday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!
Books In the Middle Podcast
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park (Science Fiction)
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park
In the new world, after catastrophic climate change and the Warring Age, you either live in Snowglobe, or want to live in Snowglobe. After all, who really wants to live outside of the warm dome of Snowglobe, where the weather is climate controlled and there are luxuries that others can only dream about. Ever since she was little, Jeon Chobahm has wanted to be a director. After all, there are only two ways to enter into Snowglobe. Either as a director, or as an actor. Because, everyone in Snowglobe is having their lives recorded are they are either part of a show or helping to direct that show. All of Snowglobe is a reality television show for the rest of the world to watch as they sit in their small, cold houses or work to make electricity for Snowglobe.
But one night, when she and her brother are coming home from working at the local power plant, Chobahm comes across a former actor in dire straights. No one can survive in the cold, and so she makes the decision to try to save the woman. Little does Chobahm know that her life is about to change in strange ways she can not even imagine.
Recommended for grades 8 and up.
* the word "damn" is used in this podcast.
