Books Calvin Might Talk About
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Books Calvin Might Talk AboutBooks Calvin Might Talk About
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•Listen to Calvin talk about books he loves•Do a book pass•Repeat above two items•Learn about creating, maintaining, and defending a classroom library•Learn where to go to get recommendations
Fantasy / Sci-Fi
• Ordinary people thrust into extraordinary settings
• Involves supernatural powers, magic, witchcraft, legendary creatures, alternate future, or technology currently unavailable
• Often pits main character against oppressive society or seemingly invincible enemy in a heroic quest to save EVERYBODY
• If you like…Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars
Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras,
So Yesterday, Peeps, The Last Days
by Scott Westerfeld
Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
Mind Quakes/ Storms/ Benders (collection),
Everlost, Full Tilt, Dark Side of Nowhere
by Neil Shusterman
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation Vol. I: The Pox Party,
Feed, Burger Wuss
by MT Anderson
Twilight, New Moon,
Eclipse, Breaking Dawn,
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
Tithe, Ironside, Valiant
by Holly Black
City of Bones, City of Ashes
by Cassandra Clare
Sandman, Coraline,
Interworld, Neverwhere,
American Gods, Anansi Boys,
Fragile Things,The Graveyard Book*
by Neil Gaiman
The Last Apprentice (series)
by Joseph Delaney
Firestorm,
(also wrote You Don’t Know Me)
by David Klass
Coming of age / self realization
• Extraordinary events force the character to grow
• German word – “bildungsroman” – must have a reason to embark on a long arduous journey, have a “baptism of fire” and end up being reintegrated into society
• If you like stories about heroes, John Hughes movies, Juno
Humorous takes on serious issues
Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of
Katherines
by John Green
Breathing Underwater,
Diva, Breaking Point,
Fade to Black
by Alex Flinn
Be More Chill, It’s Kind of a Funny
Story
by Ned Vizzini
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Being different and coming to terms with it
Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Define Normal, Luna,
Keeping You A Secret*
by Julie Ann Peters
The Nature of Jade
by Deb Caletti
Alt-Ed
by Catherine Atkins
“Urban” stories involving struggles with gangs or characters that are
not from Gossip Girl
Street Pharm, Snitch
by Alison van Diepen
Money Hungry, Begging for Change, The Skin I’m
In*, Bang*
by Sharon Flake
Bluford Series, It Couldn’t Happen to
Me
by Paul Langan and Anne Schraff
All 13 books for $13http://www.townsendpress.com/product/97.aspx
Tears of a Tiger, Forged by Fire, Darkness Before
Dawn, Copper Sun
by Sharon Draper
The First Part Last, Toning the Sweep
by Angela Johnson
If Holden Caulfield had a Mohawk or wore skinny jeans and dyed his
hair black
Gingerbread, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn (N/N with David
Levithan)
Candy, Martyn Pig,
Lucas*
by Kevin Brooks
King Dork
by Frank Portman
Fat Kid Rules the World,
Saint Iggy*
by K.L. Going
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy
and Goth Girl
by Barry Lyga
Sports CAN be a metaphor for life
Runner,High Heat, Night
Hoops*
by Carl Deuker
The Contender, The Brave*,
by Robert Lipsyte
Hoops, Slam,
(not about sports but still awesome –
Scorpions, Fallen Angels, 142nd Street, Street Love,
Autobiography of My Dead Brother )
by Walter Dean Myers
Black and White
by Paul Volponi
Athletic Shorts,Chinese Handcuffs,
Stotan!, Staying Fat for Sarah
Byrnes, Deadline
by Chris Crutcher
Mental health / abuse recovery
• Child suffers from chemical, emotional or physical abuse
• Child suffers from depression or other mental illness
• Often “problem” novels• Should teach a positive lesson and not just
wallow in the “problem” (why I have never read “A Child Called It”)
Bottled Up
by Jaye Murray
Crank, Burned*, Impulse*,
Glass*
by Ellen Hopkins
Hero
by S.L. Rottman
Inexcusable, Who the Man
by Chris Lynch
Cut,Sold
by Patricia McCormick
Man, and I thought I had issues…
Stuck in Neutral, Inside Out,
Cruise Control *
by Terry Trueman
Becoming Chloe
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY
by Jay Asher
I Am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, We
All Fall Down, The Rag and Bone Shop
by Robert Cormier
Shattering Glass, What Happened to
Cass McBride*, Dead Girls Don’t Write
Letters
by Gail Giles
Sweetness, sugar, “S”-trogen
Speak, Catalyst, Prom*, Twisted*
by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book
by E. Lockhart
Just Listen , Dreamland*,
The Truth About Forever*, Lock and
Key*, That Summer*, Someone Like You*
by Sarah Dessen
One of Those Hideous Books
Where the Mother Dies, What my
Mother Doesn’t Know,
Stop Pretending
by Sonia Sones
13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
Places To Get Book Recommendations
• Online lists from associations• Awards lists• Amazon (people who bought this also bought)• Shelves in major book stores• Students and teachers• Media specialists• Blogs• Books about reading
Assigning vs. recommending(best defense is a good offense )
• Watch out for problem areas – manga, graphic novels, Sister Souljah, EJD
• Speech to kids about choosing appropriate books
• Make it voluntary• Tell kids it is their responsibility not to read
something their parents would be upset with
• Letter to parents
If there is a problem(procedures )
• Inform principal IMMEDIATELY• A Student’s Right to Read -
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/cens/107616.htm
• SDHC media handbook - http://lms.mysdhc.org/handbook/material%20selections#challenged
Florida Teens Read
• http://www.floridamedia.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=62
• http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/announce/teenreads.html
• Bookmarks and stuff - ]• http://www.floridamedia.org/
displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=63
• All the lists http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
• Best Books for Young Adults http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.cfm
• Michael L. Printz Award - http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm
Blogs and other cool book sites
• Teri Lessesne - http://professornana.livejournal.com/
• YA Author Websites: http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/authors.htm
• http://readingrants.org/ • http://www.teenreads.com/• http://librarything.com• http://bookcrossing.com