Websites for Young Adult Literature ALAN (The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) http://alan-ya.org/index.php?option=com_magazine&Itemid=9999 A variety of resources related to young adult literature Vandergrift’s Young Adult Literature Page www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html Bibliography of readings on young adult literature, booklists, literary biographies, feminist materials The Literary Link http://theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html In depth study questions for
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“Whatever else they may do, all heroes of young adult fiction- and by extension, their readers- are eventually asked to consider the two great questions of adolescence; ‘Who am I now? And who do I want to be when I grow up?’ As they do so, they inevitably embark upon a quest for identity, an apparently innocuous pursuit that lies at the very core of the genre.” (The Pleasure 19) In each of the three books, the reader can see individual or groups of young adults having to unite to achieve a certain goal
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Stephenie Meyer Many, many people all over the world have enjoyed Stephenie Meyer’s fascinating books, ranging from romantic vampire love stories to futuristic alien worlds. She is most famous for her Twilight Series and her book The Host, which have been huge hits everywhere. Born on December 24, 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut, her parents never would’ve guessed that their little girl would become one of the most successful authors of this decade. She was born as Stephenie Morgan, getting the
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*If Possible, Please don't get movie covers. If it looks like a Movie cover then don't get it...The (^^^^ ) by the books, means it is also a movie and possibly could have a movie cover* Book List A · Halo---- Alexandra Adornetto Halo Hades Heaven · Dollanganger series-----V.C Andrews^^^^ Flowers in the Attic Petals in the Wind If There be thorns Seeds of Yesterday Garden of Shadows · Obsidian-------Jennifer L. Armentrout · Lux----Jennifer
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Legend Marie Lu’s book Legend can be considered a young adult fiction novel. It takes place in the distant future, after some type of catastrophic event caused the United States to split between the Republic (west) and the Colonies (east). It follows two teenagers from opposite social classes, June is part of the elite upper class and is the Republic’s golden girl after being the “only” person to score a perfect score on the trial. Where as Day is from one of the poor sectors and is the Republics
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Instructions 1. Plan * 1 Choose the age category of the book you wish to write. Some examples are board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books or young adult novels. Be aware that each category has its own style, length, complexity, language and voice suited to the age group you are targeting. * 2 Choose a genre within your category. For example, this may be a book about numbers, a mystery or a family story. * * 3 Have a general idea of plot or set of
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The Maze Runner book review The Maze Runner is very similar to the Hunger games books as it almost has the same story line. I would suggest to anyone who enjoyed reading the Hunger Games, they would very much relish the chance to read The Maze Runner. The basic plot of the book is the lead character Thomas wakes up in an abandoned elevator by himself and has no memories of life before the elevator he wakes up in, the only memories he had were not specific and were bare such as his school, however
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been bullied?; then you should know what bullying feels like. Bullying is exceptionally antagonistic, creates major problems for our society and can eventually change someone’s life for the worse. Inventing Elliot first published in 2003, is a young adult novel by Graham Gardner, its story of what happens when a young teenager decides to become a different person. Fourteen year old Elliot Sutton moves to a new school in a new town where nobody knows him, it represents a chance to leave behind years
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One book that helped me understand issues in everyday life is The Hunger Games by Suzan Collins. In This book, a girl named Katnis volunteers for her sister in a death game in a Futuristic United States of America. The Hunger Games is a competition to the death that determines the status of each district and how they, as a society, will survive. Things such as food water, and jobs are necessary for their society to function, but not all districts are lucky. The Hunger Games helped me understand
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Potter novels. Though both groups of books targeted different age groups; the overwhelming popularity reached out to all age groups. Including children, teenagers, young adults, and grown adults. I look back to my childhood, and the books that were popular then were part of the bubble gum culture of the 1980's. When my children are adults, they will remember the Twilight Saga, and even Harry Potter. Then relate those types of books to their childhood. Which does a have different type of culture. I call
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