Pie, No Coffee

    "I've never had pie."  "You've never tasted pie?" "No."   That's what started it.  It didn't seem right to finish our year of reading books together without introducing Cody to pie.  We've been busy. Together we read eight books; Gathering Blue, Children of the River, Jonah, The Whale,  Flipped, Crow, The BFG, Witches, and Summer on Wheels.
     All of  these books have their own merit but two where particularly significant.  Children of the River is a novel that explores the challenges of Cambodian refugees fleeting the Pol Pot reign of terror in Cambodia (think Killing Fields) who settle in Oregon.  The protagonist is Cambodian refugee navigating an American High School while trying to remain loyal to her family who want to cling to their Asian heritage.
    Crow is an historical novel set in South Carolina just as Reconstruction is ending and Jim Crow is taking a hold. Many of the incidents reported in the book are based on historical events.  It was a great opportunity to teach about, racism, white supremacy, civil rights movement and other pieces of American history.
    So........what about the pie?   The adventures with these scholars couldn't conclude without introducing Cody to pie.  This being our final time together, I brought an apple pie so Cody could sample and of course we all had to have a piece!

Left to right: Kyle, Pryn, Mr. Al, Cody and Alexis.