When Abigail Kovacs, a 5th grader at the
new Buxton Center Elementary School heard upsetting rumors in August of 2010
about the possible fate of her old Hanson School, she was reminded of the book
below, which she has read in her new school library and recommended that we
read! From the mouths of babes….
“The Keepers of the School” by Andrew
Clements
Ben and Jill discover first hand just how dangerous a little
knowledge can be!
Benjamin Pratt’s school is going to be bulldozed to make
room for an amusement park—a dream come true or a nightmare?
Jill starts digging for answers. They find things that the
people with money and power don’t want them to see. Could the history hidden
within an old school building be powerful?
Andrew Clements writes, “Old
things are like little chunks of history. If I pick up a hammer that my dad
used, it’s like we’ve got a connection. Whenever I use that Stanley chisel my older brother gave me almost 40 years ago, I think about him. And when I
write with that pen my mom gave me in the 1930’s, there’s a link—nothing weird
or supernatural, of course—just satisfying and sort of comforting.
