I’m literally weeping both in joy and relief. I was so worried for his safety, but that was overridden by just how poignant, significant, and joyful this was

We used to do whole class novels in my MS. Unfortunately, my district purchased a curriculum that I am forced to use which has removed whole-class novels. Now we just do independent reading time daily, but it does *not* substitute for a shared experience of reading a whole book and analyzing it :(