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ENGL 382: Adolescent Literature
  • Home
  • Syllabus & Schedule
  • Units
    • Unit 1: Poetry, Drama, and Short Stories
    • Unit 2: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
    • Unit 3: Adventure, Mystery, and Humor
    • Unit 4: Speculative Fiction
    • Unit 5: Auto- and Biography
    • Unit 6: Nonfiction
    • Unit 7: Historical Fiction
    • Unit 8: Graphic Formats
  • Projects
    • Research Project on Adolescent Literature or Literacy
    • Demonstration of Adolescent Literacy Teaching Strategy
    • Adolescent Literacy Curriculum Project
    • Adolescent Literature Critical Analysis and Evaluation Project
  • Discussions
    • Literature Circle Variation 1: ICQ
    • Literature Circle Variation 2: Question Categories
    • Literature Circle Variation 3: Coding the Text
    • Literature Circle Variation 4: Interactive Journal
  • Activities
    • Generating Deep Questions
    • Response Chaining
    • Mapping Events for Characters
    • Playing "Yeah, And . . ."
    • Creating Character Profiles
    • Sitting in the Hot Seat
    • Being Angels and Devils
    • Presenting Tableaux
    • Looking Through Critical Lenses
    • Playing Slow-Paced Jeopardy!
    • Writing in the Style of a Genre
    • Dialogue with a Text
    • Bloom's Taxonomy Project
    • 50 | 25 | 1 | 1 | Symbol Précis
    • Character Study
    • Major Works Data Sheet
    • Author Interview
    • Reading Ladders
    • Analyzing Graphic Novels
    • Character Party
    • Literature Tournament
    • Brown Bag Exam
  • Web Sites
    • Accudemia (Writing Center)
    • APA Style
    • APA Style Essay Template
    • Blackboard
    • Calendly (Appointments with Prof. Moberg)
    • CCSS ELA Standards
    • Citation Machine (APA or MLA)
    • DSU E-Mail and OneDrive
    • ILA Standards
    • iMoberg
    • Literary Devices
    • Literary Devices, Definition and Examples
    • Literary Devices, Terms, and Elements
    • MLA Style
    • MLA Style Essay Template
    • NBPTS Standards for ELA Early Adolescence, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood
    • NCTE Standards
    • ND Academic Content Standards
    • NetTutor (Onling Tutoring)
    • Stoxen Library Resources for Language and Literature
    • Stoxen Library Resources for Teacher Education
  • Reading Lists
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Unit 2: Contemporary Realistic Fiction


Click here or to the right to read about contemporary realistic fiction for adolescents. Especially note the criteria for selecting contemporary realistic fiction (p. 137).

Note, too, these themes that are often used in contemporary realistic novels for young adults:
  1. overcoming fear and accepting responsibilities (p. 125)
  2. understanding families, divorce, and adoption (p. 126)
  3. finding friends: relationships, alienation, and a sense of belonging (p. 127)
  4. accomplishing goals in sports (p. 128)
  5. developing and maturing (p. 128)
  6. finding romance (p. 129)
  7. coping with violence, crime, alcohol, and drug abuse (p. 129)
  8. living with physical and mental disabilities (p. 130)
  9. coping with death, disease, accidents, and suicide (p. 131)
  10. developing sexual relationships (p. 132)
  11. understanding sexual orientation (p. 132)
  12. understanding the difficulties associated with growing old (p. 133)
  13. living in a global society: prejudice, politics, conflicts, and war (p. 133)
  14. understanding religion and its role in society (p. 134)

Bang (2017) by Barry Lyga


Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.

Check out this Twitter exchange between author Barry Lyga and me!
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See also these additional resources for Bang:
  • Barry Lyga's Twitter account
  • Barry Lyga's Web site
  • book review from Kirkus Reviews
  • book review from Entertainment Weekly
  • Barry Lyga interview by School Library Journal
  • Gun Violence (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
  • Child Shooting Data (Children's Firearm Safety Alliance)
  • Children Killed or Injured in 2018 (Gun Violence Archive)
  • #NotAnAccident Index (Everytown for Gun Safety)
  • "At Least 265 People Were Accidentally Shot by Kids This Year" (2015) (Washington Post)
  • Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Be SMART (campaign to reduce suicides and unintentional shootings by children)
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (for youth)
  • IMAlive (online network using instant messaging to respond to people in crisis)
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • #ReportHate (report a hate incident to the Southern Poverty Law Center)

The Hate U Give (2017) by Angie Thomas


Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.
See also these additional resources for The Hate U Give:
  • Angie Thomas' Twitter account
  • Angie Thomas' Web site
  • book review from Kirkus Reviews
  • book review from The Guardian
  • book review from The Atlantic
  • Angie Thomas interview by NPR
  • "New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality" (New York Times, 2017)
  • "Why Readers Love The Hate U Give" (L.A. Times, 2017)
  • "Angie Thomas on Creating Safe Spaces" (Council Chronicle, 2017)
  • discussion guide for The Hate U Give (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)
  • teaching idea: "Developing Critical Consciousness through Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give" (ReadWriteThink)
  • teaching idea: "Teaching The Hate U Give" (Connected Teaching and Learning)
  • teaching idea: "Writing Lessons from Angie Thomas' Bestseller The Hate U Give" (Medium)
  • teaching idea: "The (Love and) Hate U Give: Teaching Angie Thomas and William Shakespeare" (Folger Education)
  • "Everything You Need to Know about The Hate U Give Movie" (Epic Reads)
  • awards won by The Hate U Give on February 12, 2018 (American Library Association)
  • "Here's How Tupac Inspired The Hate U Give" (Epic Reads)
  • "How Tupac's Thus Life Inspired This Woman's YA Novel" (Cosmopolitan)

The Truth of Right Now (2017) by Kara Lee Corthron


Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.
See also these additional resources for The Truth of Right Now:
  • Kara Lee Corthron's Twitter account
  • Kara Lee Corthron's Web site
  • book review from Kirkus Reviews
  • Kara Lee Corthron interview by YA Interrobang
  • Kara Lee Corthron interview by Children's Book Council
  • biographical blurb about Kara Lee Corthron (Gotham Writers)
  • "Kara Lee Corthron on the Cover for The Truth of Right Now" (Riveted)
  • This book was the inspiration for The Truth of Right Now!

Check out this Twitter exchange between author Kara Lee Corthron and me!
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