TITLE: Stinky Stern Forever
AUTHOR: Michelle Edwards
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
THEME: Bullying, death, grief.
AWARDS: This book has no awards.
CHARACTERS:Matthew Stern, Pa Lia, and Mrs. Fennessey are the main characters in this book.
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: This book was published in 2005 by Harcourt Inc.
SUMMARY: This book is all about a little boy who the kids called 'Stinky Stern' and the experiences they had with him. Stinky Stern was a bully in the second grade, and none of the kids liked him. The day of the accident he had put glue on one of the other students snowflakes in order to ruin it. Luckily Pa Lia is a quick thinker and just used the glue to her advantage. On her way home from school, she saw a white van hit Stinky Stern, and when she didn't see him get up, she knew something wasn't right. The next day when she arrives at school she realized that nothing was the same that day as any other day. As she walked to class she noticed teachers and other students crying, she also noticed in class that her teacher had extra tissues. The class as a whole talked about their interactions with Stinky and how he made them feel. They came to the conclusion that his death hurt worse than anything he had ever done to them.
I could use this book in my classroom to help open up the discussion about young people dying. Death is always a hard subject to discuss, especially with young children, and this would help them have a way to talk about it. I feel that as a special education teacher it is important to discuss death with your kids, because sometimes the students with more severe disabilities may not make it, and you need to be able to discuss it with your other students in the class.
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