Essentials of Young Adult Literature

Essentials of Young Adult Literature
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ISBN-13 : 9780133522273
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Download or read book Essentials of Young Adult Literature written by Kathy Gnagey Short and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and succinct overview of young adult literature, using a genre approach and an emphasis on immersion in literature. Thoroughly engaging readers in the pleasure and excitement of reading excellent books-and ultimately preparing tomorrow's teachers to integrate literature into middle and high school curricula-this text focuses on reading young adult books, not talking about them. It presents short chapters that include extensive recommended booklists organized by genre and topic, and relates young adult literature to current issues such as standards, the literary canon, censorship, close reading, critical literacy, and resistant readers. Essentials of Young Adult Literature, 3/e gives readers what they most need to know about teaching literature to young adults in a concise and direct way, using brief lists, examples, figures, and tables in combination with prose, and freeing up class time for immersive involvement with literature. Recommended booklists at the end of each genre chapter support students in locating excellent young adult titles for their own reading. This new edition adds many new young adult books and retains those that remain most popular with students. Many titles with a global or multicultural focus are now integrated into the genre chapters, and a separate chapter that addresses critical issues specific to these books. Features within chapters are updated to include important research developments, recent young adult books, outstanding new authors, and current issues and controversies. Connections to the Common Core State Standards are woven throughout, and the revised chapter on nonfiction now responds to the recent emphasis on informational text structures and formats. Logical, well-organized structure, and succinct yet comprehensive coverage Focuses on reading young adult books, not talking about them In-depth coverage of multicultural and international young adult literature Includes numerous useful organizing features


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