Posted on October 29, 2009 by agirlnamedsara
Well, despite a slow last couple of months, my blog has reached it’s one year anniversary. And I think the year has been rather successful. I experimented with different styles of reviews, having polls, and the types of YA lit that I’ve read. I have plenty more to do, and I am hoping to renew [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2009 by agirlnamedsara
YALSA has come out with their “Ultimate YA Bookshelf” which has 50 books, 5 magazines, and 5 audiobooks. The premise behind it and a link to the pdf can be found here.
Here are the 50 books- I am interested in how many of them I’ve read- and whether most of them are specifically YA lit [...]
Filed under: John Green, Laurie Halse Anderson, Walter Dean Meyers, YALSA Awards | Tagged: Chris Crutcher, Gene Luen Yang, John Green, Laurie Halse Anderson, Margaret Haddix, Marjane Satrapi, Markus Zusak, Meg Cabot, Melina Marchetta, Nancy Farmer, Robert Cormier, Suzanne Collins, Terry Pratchett, Walter Dean Meyers, YA Literature, Young Adult | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2008 by agirlnamedsara
This is a multi-genre piece written in the format of journals and a screenplay. It deals with an under-privileged black boy on trial for murder. I think it could capture the attention of reluctant readers. Especially black males or students who have been incarcerated. I would use this in an 8th or 9th grade classroom [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by agirlnamedsara
I really enjoyed Scorpions. I think Meyers does a good job of portraying what life can be like for kids living in impoverished neighborhoods. The reading is pretty easy, and I think that this book can be used successfully in a middle school classroom. Or even for a class of struggling 9th graders. It lends [...]
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