YA+Literature+Resources

=Session 3, Topic 1: Transmission, Promise and Peril=

We'll engage in our third Collaborative Critical Inquiry on the promise and peril of Young Adult Literature. What makes this Collaborative Critical Inquiry so rich is that it pulls together many of the questions we have been dealing with independently: What is YAL? How and why do I teach with it or share it with students? Is YAL for all students?



We've danced around the definition of Young Adult Literature until now because it's important to experience it and see it in action. You've seen it up close and personal now -- through your own responses and those of dedicated teen readers.

But you've only seen what is arguably the highest literary quality of YAL and some of the most serious teen readers -- teen readers who voluntarily read and meet on weekends in what is a demanding extracurricular activity.

What about your typical teen reader? What should be the role of YAL in the English Language Arts program? Is literature a tool, a means to an ends, or is it more about experiencing art and learning about the human condition?

You'll delve into this questions after reading a couple of sections from our text by Aronson and another article he's written.

It's also important that you begin to collect resources for finding YAL for all types of YA readers. I'll list a few of my favorites here and place a link to a wiki where you can add more.

But what comes first? The YAL books or students who want to read them? We'll talk more about engaging teen readers in the next session, but it's a good time to begin thinking about how we can pull all we're learning about theories and literature to the classroom application level.


 * < Resource ||< Source ||< Review ||
 * NPR's Search for Best 100 YA Titles || NPR || Doesn't claim to be scientific -- just a fascinating exercise and a great way to expand your repertoire. ||
 * Best Books for Young Adults || Young Adult Literature Services Association (ALA) || Both fiction and nonfiction literature that will appeal to teen readers. ||
 * Book Awards & Booklists || Young Adult Literature Services Association (ALA) || Books and other media for an amazing range of teens ||
 * Books, Books, Books || NCDPI & USDLC || Outstanding YAL advocates share booktalks ||
 * Literature for YA Readers || ECI 521, Fall 2012 || What resources can you share for finding books and other literature for all kinds of students? ||