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