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Booktalking YA with John, Paul, Ringo, and George

What is a music-themed booktalk?

-- “Mediate” by INXS (rhymes with –ate)-- “Mean” by Taylor Swift (bullying)-- “Blaze of Glory” by Bon Jovi (outlaws)-- “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” by Edie Brickell (bad weather)-- “I Saw Red” by Warrant (the color red)

(these & more examples on Lessons tab of my blog)

Will post this presentation to my blog this afternoon:

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“A Little Help From My Friends” (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

“What would you think if I sang out of tune,

Would you stand up and walk out on me.Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,

And I'll try not to sing out of key.”

Flora & Ulysses(Kate DiCamillo)

• Light fantasy• Text with graphic

cartoon sequences• Vocabulary-building• ES, MS

“Across the Universe” (Let It Be, 1970)

Words are flowing out

like endless rain into a paper cup

They slither wildly as they slip away

across the universe

These Broken Stars(Amie Kaufman/Meagan Spooner)

• Titanic in space• Lilac & Tarver are the

only 2 survivors…• Out in December• HS, upper-MS

Alienated(Melissa Landers)

• Pub date=Feb. 4, 2014• Foreign exchange

program for aliens to live on Earth with human families

• Romantic comedy• HS

The 5th Wave(Rick Yancey)

• One of my top 3 favorites of 2013

• Unpredictable, tons of action, survival against all odds

• Compare with King’s The Stand

• Upper-MS, HS (violence, language)

“Revolution” (The Beatles White Album, 1968)

You say you want a revolution

Well you knowWe all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolutionWell you know

We all want to change the world

Never Fade(Alexandra Bracken)

• Sequel to The Darkest Minds• Starts out a little slow, but

once the action starts, it’s unputdownable!

• Continues story from end of TDM; same characters with some new ones

• Main concern for MS is language and extreme violence

• October 15 release

“Do You Want To Know A Secret” (Please, Please Me, 1963)

Listen

Do you want to know a secretDo you promise not to tell, whoa oh, oh

CloserLet me whisper in your ear

Say the words you long to hear

Red(Alison Cherry)

• Stepford Wives meets Mean Girls

• Felicity=Strawberry• Pageant lifestyle,

prejudice, being yourself• Great for upper-MS, HS• Oct. 8 release

“A Hard Day’s Night” (A Hard Day’s Night, 1964)

It's been a hard day's night

And I've been working like a dogIt's been a hard day's night

I should be sleeping like a log

Taste Test(Kelly Fiore)• Teen version of Master

Chef• Nora, Christian• Sabotage, mystery, lots

of recipes• Great for MS, HS

“The Long and Winding Road” (Let It Be, 1970)

The long and winding road

that leads to your doorwill never disappear

I've seen that road beforeIt always leads me hereLead me to your door

A Tale of Two Centuries(Rachel Harris)

• Alessandra, Cat, Austin, Lucas, Lorenzo

• Time travel to/from Renaissance Italy

• Great for MS, HS

“When I’m 64” (Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

When I get older losing my hair

Many years from nowWill you still be sending me a valentine

Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the door?Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty-four?

Pivot Point(Kasie West)

• Time travel, sort of…• Para life vs. norm life—

alternating chapters• Addie, Laila, Trevor,

Duke• Great for MS, HS

“Beautiful Boy” (John Lennon, Double Fantasy, 1980)

Close your eyes

Have no fearThe monster's gone

He's on the run and your daddy's here

Of Beast and Beauty(Stacey Jay)

• Beauty and the Beast spin-off

• Awesome right from beginning

• Blind protagonist• Isra and Gem• MS, HS

“Here Comes the Sun” (Abbey Road, 1969)

Little darling,I feel that ice is slowly melting

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it's all right

Cruel Beauty(Rosamund Hodge)

• Beauty and the Beast spin-off

• January 2014 release• Reminds me of Grave Mercy• Mythology references• Light/dark imagery• Google character names!!!• HS

“Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountainWhere rocking horse people

eat marshmallow piesEveryone smiles as you drift

past the flowersThat grow so incredibly high

Lord of Opium(Nancy Farmer)

• Sequel to The House of the Scorpion

• Mixed reviews• Lots of action, stress,

political problems• Little bit of romance• MS, HS (lots of drug

references)

“Can’t Buy Me Love” (Hard Day’s Night, 1964)

Cos I don't care

too much for money, and money can't buy me love

This Is What Happy Looks Like(Jennifer E. Smith)

• Cute romance for fans of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

• Graham & Ellie—accidental emails

• MS, HS

“Yesterday” (Help!, 1965)

Yesterday,

all my troubles seemed so far awayNow it looks as though

they're here to stayOh, I believe in yesterday

All Our Yesterdays(Cristin Terrill)

• Time travel done right!• Reminds me of The

Butterfly Effect (film, 2004) and Stead’s When You Reach Me

• One of my faves of 2013• Upper-MS, HS

Leigh CollazoEd Willkie Middle School

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD

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