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(GREAT) Books read in English 180: young Adult Literature, Spring 2011, Monmouth College

Malín, Alegría. Estrella’s Quinceañera. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. New York: Little, Brown, 2007.

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic, 2008.

Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. New York: Greenwillow (HarperTempest), 1993.

Flake, Sharon G.. The Skin I’m In. New York: Jump at the Sun (Hyperion), 1998.

Link, Kelly. Pretty Monsters. New York: Speak (Penguin). 2008.

Lo, Malinda. Ash. New York: Little, Brown, 2009.

Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi. Zahrah the Windseeker. New York: Graphia (Houghton Mifflin), 2005.

Reynolds, Sheri. The Sweet In-Between. New York: Three Rivers, 2008.

Rowling J.K.. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Knopf, 2005.

Want more books by or information on these authors? Try googling the author's website. Also, may authors are active on Twitter, such as @malindalo and @nnedi.

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Additional Recommended books

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple Hibiscus.

Blundell, Judy. What I Saw and How I Lied.

Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens.

Brothers, Meagan. Debbie Harry Sings in French.

Cline, Ernest. Ready Player One.

Donoghue, Emma. Room.

Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.

Goode, Laura. Sister Mischief

Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars.

Headley, Justina Chen. Nothing But the Truth (and a Few White Lies).

Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders and That Was Then, This Is Now (recommended by Casey Walker, Monmouth College student)

Hornsby, Nick. Slam.

Johnson, Maureen. 13 Little Blue Envelopes.

Larbalestier, Justine. Magic or Madness. (first in a trilogy)

Marsden, John. Tomorrow, When the War Began. (first in a series)

McKinley, Robin. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast.

Moore, Perry. Hero.

Okorafor, Nnedi.  Akata Witch.

Pinkney, Andrea. Bird in a Box.

Ryan, Pan Munoz. Esperanza Rising.

Roth, Veronica. Divergent. (recommended by Julie Dorn, youth librarian at Warren County Public library)

Sherman, Delia. The Freedom Maze.

Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl.

Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me.

Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone. (first in a series)

Vaught, Susan. Big Fat Manifesto.

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Suggested Websites

http://www.diversityinya.com/

http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/from-the-library-100-young-adult-books-for-the-feminist-reader

http://www.gayya.org/

http://www.phoebenorth.com/

http://www.hungermtn.org/young-adults-and-childrens-literature/

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/tough-teen-heroines-science-fiction-and-fantasy/

http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm

http://thehappynappybookseller.blogspot.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/teen-books

http://www.amightygirl.com/

http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/

 

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 Suggested Articles

"2011 Recommended Reading List." Locus Online: The Website of The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field. 1 Feb. 2012. http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2012/02/2011-recommended-reading-list/ 

"5 Questions With... the legendary Judy Blume!" Engage/Teacher to Teacher Blog. 29 Sept. 2011.  http://engage.reading.org/blogsnbspnbsp/blogviewer/?BlogKey=c9cb42c6-d7a9-46a9-9cd4-c87ff3c3a20c&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Almagor, Lelac. "And Stay Out of Trouble: Narratives for Black Urban Children." The Horn Book Magazine. Sept./Oct. 2009:525-9. http://archive.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2009/sep09_almagor.asp (See Flake, Sharon for response.)

Bean, Thomas W. and Helen Harper. “Reading Men Differently: Alternative Portrayals of Masculinity in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction.” Reading Psychology 28:11-30, 2007. MC students can access it through Hewes in the Academic Search Premier database.

Bloebaum, Billie. "My Favorite Young Adult Novels." Powells.com. 2 Dec. 2011. http://www.powells.com/blog/contributors/my-favorite-young-adult-novels-by-bjb/#more-38457

Brennan, Sarah Rees. "Gay in YA and the Circle of Suck." LiveJournal. 23 Sept. 2011. http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/189748.html

Chicago Public Library. "Best of the Best Books 2012: For Teens -- Ages 14 and Older." Chicago Pubic Library.org 2012.. http://www.chipublib.org/forteens/teenspages/bestofbest_teen.php

Diana. "No Longer 'Silent All These Years.' The Explosion of Young Adult Fiction and Its Impact on the Future Voices of Women." Feminine Things. 31 Dec. 2011. http://www.femininethings.org/2011/12/no-longer-silent-all-these-years.html

Doll, Jen. "What Does 'Young Adult' Mean?" The Atlantic Wire. 19 Apr. 2012. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/04/what-does-young-adult-mean/51316/

Doll, Jen. "The Ongoing Problem of Race in Y.A." The Atlantic Wire. 26 Apr. 2012. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/04/ongoing-problem-race-y/51574/

Flake, Sharon. "A Response to Lelac Almagor's 'And Stay Out of Trouble'"). The Horn Book. 2011. http://archive.hbook.com/resources/authorsartists/shoptalk/flake.asp (See Almagor, Lelac entry above.)

Kwitney, Alisa. "YA Crush: Who's Brooding Now? The YA Heroine Has a Sulk." 25 Jan. 2012. Heroes and Heartbreakers.com. http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2012/01/whos-brooding-now-the-ya-heroine-has-a-sulk

Lo, Malinda. FAQ on Ash. MalindaLo.com.  http://www.malindalo.com/ash/ash-faq/

Lo, Malinda. "Recommended." 18 Jan. 2012. MalindaLo.com. http://www.malindalo.com/extras/recommended/ Malinda Lo's list of recommended books featuring queer female characters.

Masurat, Anastasia. YA? Why Not? Bitch. Fall 2008: 66-81. Includes an interview with Nnedi Okorafor. See Professor Solberg for a copy, search databases, or order back issues at http://bitchmagazine.org/feminist-magazine-back-issues

Miller, Jessica. "Taking Teens to Brand-New Worlds with YA Science Fiction" YALSA: The Hub (Your Connection to Teen Reads). 24 Jan. 2012. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/01/24/taking-teens-to-brand-new-worlds-with-ya-science-fiction/

Miller, Laura. "Dystopias for Young Readers" The New Yorker 14/21 June 2010. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/06/14/100614crat_atlarge_miller 

Ockler, Sarah. "Race in YA Lit: Wake Up & Smell the Coffee-Colored Skin, White Authors!" sarahockler.com. 30 Apr. 2012. http://sarahockler.com/2012/04/30/race-in-ya-lit-wake-up-smell-the-coffee-colored-skin-white-authors/

Rappaport, Hilary. "On the Rights of Reading and Girls and Boys." The Horn Book. 12 Apr. 2012. http://www.hbook.com/2012/04/using-books/home/on-the-rights-of-reading-and-girls-and-boys/

Seltzer, Sarah. “Hunger Pangs: Hunting for the Perfect Heroine.” Bitch. Summer 2011: 38-42. See Professor Solberg for a copy, search databases, or order back issues at http://bitchmagazine.org/feminist-magazine-back-issues

Sylvester, Brad. "Textbook Adoption: the New Face of Banning Books" Yahoo! News. 20 Sept. 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/textbook-adoption-face-banning-books-223600744.html 

Woodson, Jacqueline. "Good Minds Suggest -- Jacqueline Woodson's Favorite Books about Real Teen Problems. GoodReads.com. Feb. 2012. http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/649.Jacqueline_Woodson?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=editorial&utm_campaign=goodminds

 

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