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Re: I Stay near you  Saturday, 24-Apr-99 13:28:37 Susie- Thanks for your comments! M.E. Kerr has said that even though she didn't enjoy reading historical books when she was younger, when she was an adult, she wanted to write about WWII because it was such an important and eventful time in her life.  Michelle Webmaster

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Re: student assignment  Tuesday, 20-Apr-99 15:25:02 Dear Ms. Kerr, We were thrilled to receive a personal reply to you! My students are tremendously enjoying the novel and were impressed to think a writer would correspond with reades. we look forward to your answers! I would also very much appreciate your email address. Ligeia Lamberty Ligeia Lamberty

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I Stay Near You  Monday, 19-Apr-99 21:40:33 My students are now reading I Stay Near You. I asked them whether they would like to be a friend of Mildred's or not (during her high school days). What do you think? Ligeia Lamberty   Re: I Stay Near You  Thursday, 22-Apr-99 14:18:12 By the way, I think that you posed a very interesting question to your students about whether or not they would be friends with Mildred. M.E. Kerr often writes about "outsiders" and tolerance of differences. I'm sure as ESL students, members of your class might be able to draw from personal experience what it's like to be perceived as different from "mainstream" culture. Or they might be able to think back on their adolescence and recall different cliques they and their friends had in school and in the neighborhood. Michelle   Re: ESL student assignment  Thursday, 22-Apr-99 14:14:35 Ligeia- I just wanted to thank you and your students for visiting this website. I'm glad you are all enjoying "I Stay Near You" and also that you and your class enjoyed looking around the site! Michelle Webmaster

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Re: Son of Someone Famous  Thursday, 08-Apr-99 12:09:45 I couldn't locate Is That You, Miss Blue at this site but someone else had mentioned that it was difficult to locate The Son of Someone Famous. Advanced Book Exchange has a listing for this one for anyone interested for $10. webmaster Re: Is That You?  Monday, 05-Apr-99 10:12:31 I thought of another resource: Kim Pauley, the YA literature guide, at  miningco.com might have other suggestions for you. If you go to this site, you will see you can submit your question to her via email or message board and she will "mine" the web for a response to your query. Webmaster update: Try the sites listed on the  Links Page.

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Re: Your new book  Tuesday, 30-Mar-99 23:18:06 Thanks for asking. The book is called "What Became of Her." It should be ready in late '99. Ciao. mek M.E. Kerr

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Re: LINKS  Monday, 01-Mar-99 11:30:11 I am in high school and I am supposed to look up authors on the internet. The only problem is, that I can't find the text you wrote so please put some samples of your writings on the internet. Re: Re: LINKS- Book text online  Monday, 01-Mar-99 15:31:07 I'm not sure what your request is. Are you saying that your library (school or public) does not carry any books by M.E. Kerr or Mary James? If you are looking for samples of her writing, I think your best bet is the library. You might also find quotes from books in different review sites. Try this site: M.E. Kerr's publisher: HarperCollins or Mary James' publisher: Scholastic.  Michelle Update: Links to excerpts are available  here .

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Re: Island Trees School  Sunday, 21-Feb-99 14:02:49 I'll be at Island Trees on the 16th of March, and I do not think it is open to the public, but strictly a school program...Thanks for asking. M.E. Kerr M.E. Kerr

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Re: Guestbook  Thursday, 11-Nov-99 14:11:06 YOUR BOOKS ARE VERY GOOD ANITA RODRIGUEZ

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Re: screenplay  Monday, 11-Jan-99 19:26:25 Try me at this e-mail address. M.E. Kerr

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Re: grammar  Saturday, 26-Dec-98 16:13:46   Thanks for your feedback. I'm not sure what you're referring to exactly, but I'll take a look. I will note here that most of the comments I've written are stream-of-consciousness so those would not pass the Elements of Style test. But at any rate, thanks for writing.  Michelle

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Re: Is that you, Miss Blue?  Tuesday, 13-Oct-98 16:18:29 I haven't read it in awhile but I remember enjoying it. That's my next endeavor - to re-read books and write comments on them. Did you know that "Agnes" is M. E. Kerr's middle name? Michelle     Re: Re: Is that you, Miss Blue?  Thursday, 25-Feb-99 13:54:49 As promised, I went back and re-read this book and put up comments here: Comments about the Works of M.E. Kerr and Mary James. Michelle

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Re: Shoebag  Tuesday, 13-Oct-98 16:22:07 I think the themes of tolerance and co-existing lend themselves to discussion. An art idea might be to design the fantasy vacation for Shoebag's family and the family they live with - i.e., hiding spots, food resources. Also, I love doing origami projects. The only insect I can think of is a cicada. You can probably find the instructions in an origami book at the library. But if you're interested, I'd gladly try to send them to you. Michelle