| Young Adult Literature | |||||||||||||
| Young English teachers should first read a great volume of teenage literature. Second, they should understand about the stages of adolescent reading. And finally they should learn to present literature as a vision of life and not a mass of information experientially non-viable for the usual adolescent. G. Robert Carlsen "Adolescent Literature" | |||||||||||||
| Here are some great links about popular young adult novels. Make sure to check out the rest of their pages while you're there. | |||||||||||||
| The Giver - Lois Lowry Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Patterson Night - Elie Wiesel Lizard Music - D. Manus Pinkwater Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes - Chris Crutcher She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb Harris and Me - Gary Paulsen Nothing But the Truth - Avi The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred B. Taylor |
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| Two lists I created during student teaching Book List for English 9 Book List for English 11 |
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