Action and Gore
- "Rarefied Air"
- Maximum
Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride: School's Out--Forever, and Maximum
Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
- This series is about six children who
have been engineered in a lab as earthly angels. This book sounds like it has
everything I could desire in a book: an action-filled story, gore, and a plot
surrounding creation and the consequences of messing with nature.
Censored Books
- "Censorship, Clear Thinking, and Bold Books for Teens"
- Summer of my German Soldier
- This book revolves around the friendship and eventual love of a Jewish girl and a German POW during the height of World War 11. Love stories are not usually up my alley when it comes to literature but this story sounds interesting because of the forbidden and dangerous nature of this romance. This is a love story that could cost both parties deeply should the soldier be discovered.
Gay and Lesbian Literature
- "The Boldest Books"
- Rainbow Boys
- Gay rights and issues have always been close to my heart and this book sounds like the perfect story to encompass what I know to be a painful and life-changing process: coming to terms with one's own sexuality. This is a book that seems to transcend all stages of self-acceptance and should most likely prove to be an inspiring and personal read.
Graphic Novels
- "Off the Shelves"
- The Arrival
- Being a Russian immigrant myself, the graphic novel of immigration to the United States is not only something that captures my personal interest but speaks to all the heritages of students in my future classroom. Almost all students have had relatives that came to the United States.
Shakespeare's Place in YA Lit
- "Old Tales Made New Again: Shakespeare’s Place in Young Adult Literature"
- Reading Shakespeare
with Young Adults
- Questions
that most English teachers struggle with are how to teach Shakespeare to
students and, most importantly, how to explain why it is being taught to them. This
story gives English teachers the innovative tools of the trade to tackle these
tough issues and get students enjoying the works of William Shakespeare.
5 comments:
Jean,
Like the possibilities of a book like "The Arrival." Might have to add that to my ever-growing list as well. You picked rather different genres for your selections--nice!
"The Arrival" is now on my To Be Read list; I've just ordered a copy from the Carnegie Public Library.
I've read another book by author/illustrator Shaun Tan ("Lost and Found") and found it to be beautiful and moving -- as much for adults as teens. I can't recommend his artistic works highly enough. Here's the web link for "The Arrival" so others can check out his images! :)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Arrival-Shaun-Tan/dp/0439895294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342230825&sr=8-1&keywords=the+arrival
@ Elizabeth
"The Arrival" I have just ordered because it looked so interesting. Also, from Ruzich's post, I got hyped for the artwork within the graphic novel.
@Ruzich
The artwork is absolutely amazing! I actually spent about half an hour scouring the internet for the artist's other works and I was surprised to see such detailed variety of artwork.
As I was reading your post, I was thinking how "The Arrival" sounded like something I needed to add to my list. When I came to comment, I discovered I wasn't alone in that. Isn't it funny how we all have such diverse views but can be interested in one book? As such, this might be one to consider teaching!
Also, I read "Summer of My German Soldier" as a seventh grader and HATED it. I feel like if I revisited it now (or even around 11th grade) I would appreciate it more.
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