The One Thing You'd Save, written by Linda Sue Park, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Summary:  Knowing that your family and pets are safe, what would you save if you could save one thing in an emergency?  What is the one thing you deem irreplaceable?  Someone’s special item might not be in the top three of another’s list. Ms. Chang leads her class through an all important discussion on picking the one item (size and weight don’t matter) that you would save in an emergency.  Each student has selected their item and has to explain and express their feelings about why they chose that particular item.

Straight Talk for Librarians:  This book makes you evaluate what is important in your life.  It would make a great classroom or book club discussion.  Loads of pictures and drawings of items on every page make the book approachable for insecure readers.  Wonderful teaching tool for students of any age.  Written for younger students, but highly recommended for all.