English Journal - Volume 91, Issue 2, 2001

The three books reviewed in this column show ways that we as teachers can engage our students in learning more about what words can accomplish and what they convey in various kinds of writing.

This month’s column explores the relationship between fathers and sons in My Old Man and the Sea, by Wallace Green, and Jim the Boy, by Tom Earley.

This month’s column features the 2001 honor list of new YA books.