after school reading tutoring part 10

So we missed a few sessions to sickness (Mrs. Banks, not SJ) and many school delays. Two Mondays ago, SJ had a reading tutoring session with Mrs. Banks.  They continued to read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis.  They had started reading it at the last session and SJ and I had read a couple of chapters when Mrs. Banks cancelled. 

It is a book set in 1936.  It is about a ten-year-old boy whose mother has died and who lives in a foster home.  He doesn't know who his dad is, but he thinks he is famous bandleader.  He decides to run away from the Home and make the trek from Flint, Michigan to Grand Rapids. 

I thought the content of the book may have been too heavy for SJ, but he seems to be enjoying it.  When they are having their reading sessions, I can hear SJ's laughter through the basement door.  That is always a sound that I love to hear. 

Mrs. Banks said he has been doing very well during the sessions.  He has even been volunteering to read more than just a paragraph at a time.  Plus, he enjoys the fact that the book's chapters are fairly short (he gets overwhelmed by very long chapters). 

He is going to use this book as his 3rd nine weeks book report.  He has many different options for book reports. This nine weeks, he has selected making a test up from the book.  Mrs. Banks offered to help him with this project, but due to the cancellations that wasn't able to be started yet.  He still has nine chapters to read, so I am planning on reading a lot of them with him before Mrs. Banks is due at our house again. I always plan on this, but sometimes the week gets away from me.  I am going to have to make this a priority.  Wish me luck!