WELCOME, PIRATES!
As we read through Three Little Words together, let's take the time to extend discussion beyond the limited time spent in class. You may add your thoughts for discussion here, contribute in the school setting, and/or look for posters around campus on which to add your comments. Remember, contributions should be thoughtful and school-appropriate! Clicking on the title of this post above will link you to a webpage that contains the first 30 pages of the book available online as a preview through Google Books.
Hey, check it out -- don't forget to answer the poll question of the week on the right hand side of the blog! We'll post a new poll every week. Let's get started...
If you want to learn more about Ashley, just click here! We have a tentative author visit planned for November 14th, 2008, thanks to Ms. Yon-Perdomo, so mark your calendars. You won't want to miss her!
See a short clip of her explaining why she wrote Three Little Words HERE.
Foster girl's memoir, 'Three Little Words,' avoids cliche
Finding a "forever family" isn't simple for child or parents.
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Times staff writer
Published March 9, 2008
Three Little Words: A MemoirBy Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Atheneum, 320 pages, $17.99
Three Little Words could easily have been a saccharine - and boring - true-life tale of redemption: A young girl ends up in the foster care system, where she suffers neglect and sometimes abuse before being adopted by a loving family. That captures the outline of this memoir aimed at young adults, but it doesn't do justice to an engrossing book that's sharply observed, funny, sarcastic and sad.
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Rhodes-Courter graduated from Eckerd College in December with a double major in theater and communications. An activist for children in foster care since she was 14, she was named one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2007. An essay she wrote about her experiences, also called Three Little Words, won a New York Times essay contest and led to her book contract.Angie Drobnic Holan is a Times news researcher.
