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Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults |
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Mingshui Cai |
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“This volume is helpful in clarifying conflicts, discussing both good and bad examples of multicultural books, suggesting directions for further study, and providing lists of print sources and Web sites for additional information....Recommended. Readers at all levels.”–Choice
“[A]n intelligent, lucid, and thoughtful study ... perhaps the most thorough account of the conflicts surrounding multicultural literature to date, and it provides helpful suggestions on how multicultural literature can be used and explored in standard curriculums of elementary and high schools.”–The Journal of Children's Literature Studies
“[A]ny school or curriculum serious about its importance will find Multicultural Literature For Children & Young Adults to be an essential reference. This examines... |
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Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood |
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Ann Brashares |
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Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Each summer brings new and difficult challenges, as the perennially separated friends discover afresh this last season before college. Tibby struggles with the idea of close friend Brian becoming her boyfriend, and their fragile relationship is soon tested by a tragedy in her immediate family. Carmen doesn’t know how to react when she finds out that her middle-aged mom is pregnant, and Bridget is unpleasantly surprised to be reunited with the boy who broke her heart two summers ago. Finally, Lena, still coming to terms with the loss of her first love, tries to convince her strict father that art school is a better career path than Greek restaurant management.... |
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Warriors Don't Cry |
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Melba Pattillo Beals |
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0671899007 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The author forcefully recalls how, at age 15, she and several other black teenagers were chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High following the passage of Brown v. Board of Education. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Grade 7 Up-Beals, one of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957, tells an incredible story of faith, family love, friendships, and strong personal commitment. Drawing from the diaries she kept, the author easily puts readers in her saddle oxfords as she struggles against those people in both the white and black communities who would have segregation continue. Her prose does not play on the sympathy of... |
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Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Family Issues |
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Joan Kaywell |
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0313303355 |
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This handbook provides excellent therapeutic information with a specific analysis of at least one YA novel for each of the issues presented. Featured titles include Paul Zindel's My Darling, My Hamburger for school and family conflicts, S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders for delinquency, Lucy Frank's I Am an Artichoke for eating disorders, and Nancy Garden's Good Moon Rising for gay and lesbian issues. Each chapter also includes an annotated list of related fiction and nonfiction titles. The introductory section is written by writer/therapist Chris Crutcher, and the subsequent chapters are coauthored by therapists and literacy experts. These professionals provide information on adolescent development and how the psychological, physical, and emotional growth/problems relate to characters in teen novels. A valuable tool to... |
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Rose for Melinda |
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Lurlene McDaniel |
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0553570900 |
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Told in letters, journal entries, e-mails, doctors’ reports, and instant messages, the heartbreaking story of an aspiring ballet dancer battling leukemia.
From: Melinda Skye
To: Readers
Subject: Jesse
Hi! I can’t believe it. What a surprise from Jesse. When he got my e-mail about being accepted by the Washington School of Classical Dance’s summer program, he called to congratulate me! I loved hearing his voice. We’ve been friends forever–could it turn into something more?
Melinda
From: Jesse Rose
To: Readers
Subject: Melinda
I couldn’t believe the news. Melinda is so young! How could she be sick? How did she get leukemia? She’s got to get better. She’s got to.
Jesse
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Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Societal Issues |
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Pamela S. Carroll |
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0313305269 |
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“...offers a psycholigical perspective into the lives of teenagers today and is a resource filled with a broard range of contemporary literature to use with middle and high school teachers.”–Alternative Network Journal
“This compelling, scholarly, and rich analysis encourages the use of both fiction and nonfiction to help students understand issues they, or their peers, may be facing. The introduction is a powerful, well-documented profile of today's teen.... The extensive literary analyses, which cover classic titles but more frequently contemporary ones, are effectively presented and well supported by a question-and-answer section addressing how the literature can help a struggling teen. Librarians, classroom teachers, and counselors will find elements of this book helpful in reaching at-risk youth... |
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Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson |
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Louise Rennison |
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Georgia Nicolson is now the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and things are wonderful. Except her loony parents are dragging her off to Och Aye land (aka Scotland), and the Sex God's band's chance at a record contract has left her something of a "pop widow." Then up rears temptation in the form of old flame Dave the Laugh. Is Georgia about to become a shameless vixen?
About the Author
Louise Rennison is the bestselling and award-winning author of the angst-filled Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. Louise lives in Brighton, the San Francisco of England (apart from the sun, Americans, the Golden Gate Bridge, and earthquakes).
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Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with End-Of-Life Issues |
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Janet Allen |
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0313307814 |
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“The book provides a wealth of information for educators hoping to provide guidance to troubled teens....Large public libraries with extensive parent or teacher collections and school librarians would benefit from the purchase of this book.”–VOYA
“Losing a loved one is a scary and confusing event for teenagers, but one that can be made easier through the use of literature and informed mentoring from a caring adult. This teacher friendly reference resource and bibliography provides tools for those who work with young adults to help them come to terms with the grieving process. Aware of the many ways in which adolescents can suffer loss. Allen has chosen a different theme for each chapter. These themes vary from coping with the death of a parent, to coping with violent deaths, to coping with an... |
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Spin Control |
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Niki Burnham |
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0689866690 |
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Valerie Winslow never thought life in the tiny country of Schwerinborg could be so great.But then she never thought she would be dating the prince of Schwerinborg either! Georg, a real prince, is also her first real boyfriend.And then everything falls apart. Georg's decided they need to cool off for a while and her dad's sending her back to Virginia to visit her mom.Valerie's bummed -- until she decides to go out with her old crush, David Anderson. David may not be a prince, but maybe he'll take her mind off of Georg -- or will he?
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter OneExactly six weeks, five days, and nine hours ago, my mother ruined my life. And even worse, because of her, I am missing a damned good party.Right this second, I should be... |
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My Life, My Choices |
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Mary Ann Burkley Wojno |
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0809136821 |
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Book Description
Written from the students’ perspective, this book presents a forum in which students openly share and/or write in their journals their feelings and concerns related to how they look at themselves, others and life.
About the Author
Mary Ann Burkley Wojno has been a high school math teacher for twenty-three years and an instructor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Akron. Now retired, she lives in Stow, Ohio.
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Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes |
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Cathy Hopkins |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9–The mates are approaching Year Ten at school and Izzie has decided that she wants a whole new image, including a belly-button ring and a dangerous boyfriend. Then along comes Josh, who is older, rides a motorcycle, and is a stranger to her friends and parents. Izzie experiments with drinking and smoking pot, and sneaks out of the house while searching for her grown-up self. She swings between trying to have a good time being bad and quarreling with her mum and friends about her behavior. She is thrilled to land a singing gig at a local club, but her enchanted evening turns to disaster when Josh tries to get beyond snogging and she throws up on him. This embarrassing moment, along with his continued pressure to get her drunk, makes her realize that growing up means being true to one's self and... |
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Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager |
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Beatrice Sparks (Editor) |
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0380808625 |
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Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, and her anguished mother seeks solace in pills. Her best friend practically abandons her to be with a boyfriend. It seems like Jennie's real best friend is her diary. Then she meets Mr. Johnstone, the substitute math teacher. Jennie has never met such a charismatic teacher. She feels honored when Mr. J. seems to single her out for special attention, and begins to fantasize about him as her boyfriend. When Mr. J. first reveals his feelings for her, she is thrilled by the relationship that grows outside the classroom walls. Then, slowly, Jennie's diary becomes a record of her loneliness, pain, and confusion. Will it also offer her a way to escape from this treacherous love?
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A Family Guide to Narnia: Biblical Truths in C. S. Lewis's the Chronicles of Narnia |
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Christin Ditchfield |
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Hear the echoes of the Bible in Narnia... Do you read The Chronicles of Narnia sensing that the stories are full of biblical parallels, even if you're not always sure what they are or where to find them? This user-friendly companion to The Chronicles of Narnia is written for C.S. Lewis readers like you who want to discover the books' biblical and Christian roots. Read it, and you'll find that this chapter-by-chapter, book-by-book examination of The Chronicles will widen your spiritual vision.
About the Author
Christin Ditchfield is the host of a nationally syndicated radio program, Take It To Heart!, an accomplished educator, a conference speaker, and author of over thirty-five books for children. Her articles have appeared in numerous national and international magazines,... |
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Am I Blue : Coming out from the Silence |
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Marion Dane Bauer (Editor) |
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0064405877 |
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From Publishers Weekly
For the first-ever anthology of YA fiction devoted to lesbian and gay themes, Bauer ( On My Honor ) has assembled original stories by a stellar list of popular children's and YA authors, among them M. E. Kerr, Nancy Garden, William Sleator, Jane Yolen, C. S. Adler and Bruce Coville. With subjects ranging from first love to coming out, self-discovery to homophobia, the collection offers an eclectic mix of voices. Newbery winner Lois Lowry, for example, contributes "Holding," a poignant tale of a high school student who confides in his best friend after the death of his gay father's lover, while Francesca Lia Block weighs in with the wonderfully quirky "Winnie and Teddy," in which a teenager comes out to his girlfriend during a momentous road trip to San Francisco. Perhaps the book's most powerful moments are... |
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Stop Pretending: What Happened when My Big Sister Went Crazy |
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Sonya Sones |
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0064462188 |
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The subtitle of Stop Pretending says it all: "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy." In a sequence of short, intense poems based on the author's own experiences, a 13-year-old girl suffers through her shifting feelings about her sibling's mental illness. She recalls the terror of the Christmas Eve when Sister was suddenly transformed into a stranger; the horror of visiting Sister in the hospital and finding her rocking on all fours; the fear that her friends will find out; her own worry that she, too, may lose her mind; and her wistful memories of Sister as she was before. More complex emotions are also explored, such as her irrational suspicion that Sister may be deliberately acting crazy, as poignantly expressed in the title poem: "Stop pretending./ Right this minute./ Don't you tell me/ you don't know me./ Stop... |
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Adoption
