In The Loop With Andy Andrews

This week’s special guest, Melinda Leake, is a middle school English teacher from Tennessee who has integrated Andy’s books into her classroom. She discusses the potential that the books can unlock in young people.  Three summers ago, Melinda had an emergency appendectomy and was hospitalized for 10 days. ·      Around day seven, she was in a state of depression. ·      She was looking out a window and realized that her perspective was totally wrong. She saw all the people in the hospital who were worse off, and realized she had many amazing things in her life. ·      When she got out of the hospital, she and her family went on vacation to the gulf. ·      While in a local bookstore in Seaside, she saw The Noticer and decided to pick it up, especially once she noticed the subtitle—“Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective.” ·      That book is what caused her to fall in love with Andy’s writing.   She realized there were lessons that, not only adults, but also kids could take away from The Notic