Time to get our spooky on! In honor of Spooky Season, in this episode, I do a little reading, give a summary, and use some place-conscious analysis to talk about Whippoorwill Award winning Angel Falls. I also outline some teaching ideas for using the book in a rural (or non rural) ELA classroom.
Angel Falls Website: http://www.angelfalls.org/
Buy the book via our Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/a/86567/9781949140347
Spooky Stories on RethinkELA: https://www.rethinkela.com/october-inquiry-unit-reading-and-writing-spooky-stories/
More rural book recommendations: https://literacyinplace.com/rural-book-list/
Dr. Parton's Literacy In Place 