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YALSA names 2016 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adults. CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2016 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list.
The list of 67 titles and 2 series, drawn from 181 nominations, is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. YALSA names 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults. CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced its 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA) list.
The list of 64 titles, drawn from 114 official nominations, is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Theconversation. Discussion on diversity in young adult (YA) fiction is not difficult to come by.
Over the last couple of years, awareness of the need for greater representations of characters and lives in the literature produced for young people has increased. In Battling Dragons: Issues and Controversy in Children’s Literature (1995), Judith Morley and Sandra Russell sum up this argument for diversity by saying: The cultures explored in certain books may be foreign to [some] children, but the common bonds of humanity are very evident. The human emotion of empathy and an awareness of diversity are fostered through careful reading and discussion of literature. Academia is also responding to issues of diversity. Similarly, the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research 2016 conference will include discussion on changing representations of gender, race, class, age, nation, ability, and censorship.
As YA researcher and editor Michael Cart argues: Best Books for 11-Year Olds. Best Books for 11-Year Olds (Sixth Grade) This recommended book list is what I think will be at the right reading level for 6th graders, 11-year olds.
If you need harder books, go to my Best Books for 12-Year Olds Boys and Girls page. If you need easier books, go to my Best Books for 10-Year Olds page. The best young adult books of 2015. Here are our top ten young adult fiction books of the year, voted for by Readings staff.
Displayed in no particular order. Cloudwish by Fiona Wood Scholarship student Vân Ựớc is usually very practical, so when she wishes that gorgeous Billy Gardiner would notice her and he suddenly does, she is flattered but worried that it is an elaborate joke. You will fall in love with Vân Ựớc as she grapples with high school, romance and the truth of her Vietnamese parents’ history. Cloudwish is a sophisticated and contemporary story set in multicultural Footscray and Melbourne that is sure to become a classic. -Angela Crocombe The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and his Ex by Gabrielle Williams This love letter to Melbourne will warm readers’ hearts. -Kushla Egan Green Valentine by Lili Wilkinson Environmental issues, peaceful activism and romance, really, what more could you want in a novel?! What to Read Next? The lovely Kate Fairlie* asked me on Facebook tonight about books for her nearly 12 year old twin daughters.
It’s SUCH a tough age. I started replying on Facebook to her, but it got lengthy! So here’s my reply Kate – a blog post J (of sorts). Eight contemporary young adult fiction novels you should read with your students. Seven weeks ago I started a new Instagram account, dedicated entirely to short reviews of young adult fiction novels.
You can follow me if you want: jimmy_reads_books There were quite a few years where I really didn’t read as much as I should, convincing myself that reading the novels set for my classes was enough – it’s not. Being an English teacher who works with words and young people every day, I have discovered that reading YA has made me feel more connected to my students, appreciate how complex their lives are, and also helped me find amazing contemporary books that I know students will love to read – and that are actually totally teachable!
(OK, yeah, so I also legitimately love YA – the heart, the drama, the honesty, the guts, the humanness!) Below are some of the books that I have read and reviewed in the last 7 weeks that I think would make powerful inclusions in all English classrooms. Sustainability: