Young Adult Literature

Welcome to my website! I am creating this for the TWU Library Science course 5623, Literature for Young Adults, taught by Dr. Vardell.

Book Reviews

Topic 1: THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton              PEACH GIRL: CHANGE OF HEART, Vol. 10, by Miwa Ueda              THE FIRST PART LAST by Angela Johnson

Topic 2: SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson              ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I'M NOW THE GIRLFRIEND OF A SEX GOD:                    FURTHER CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICOLSON by Louise Rennison              HARD LOVE by Ellen Wittlinger              THE CHOCOLATE WAR by Robert Cormier

Topic 3: STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES by Chris Crutcher              GALLOWS HILL by Lois Duncan              WILD MAN ISLAND by Will Hobbs

Topic 4: THE BOY WHO REVERSED HIMSELF by William Sleator              THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman              QUIVER by Stephanie Spinner

Topic 5: WHITE LILACS by Carolyn Meyer              RESCUE: THE STORY OF HOW GENTILES SAVED JEWS IN THE                   HOLOCAUST by Milton Meltzer              THE BURN JOURNALS by Brent Runyon              A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly

Topic 6: STOP PRETENDING: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MY BIG SISTER                    WENT CRAZY by Sonya Sones              A KICK IN THE HEAD: AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO POETIC FORMS                    by Paul B. Janeczko              KISSING TENNESSEE: AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STARDUST                    DANCE by Kathi Appelt

Author Study featuring Sarah Dessen

Final Project: Romance Novels for Middle Schoolers

Created by Mary Buckalo marydurrette@yahoo.com