Bearers of Light: the Caring Community of Young Adult Literature: a Welcome from ALAN President Patty Campbell

Patty Campbell

Bearers of Light: The Caring Community of Young Adult Literature: A Welcome from ALAN President Patty Campbell

n a dark world, young adult literature is a beacon On both days you will also be faced with a of light for teens—books that help them through difficult choice among a variety of exciting and I risky times with wisdom, beauty, and laughter. The practical breakout presentations, with many handouts, authors who write these books, the publishers who on vital topics such as booktalking (Joni Richards produce them, the teachers and librarians who bring Bodart), poetry (Bob Falls of Poetry Alive), the best them to teens, all care about young people and their new books (Walter Mayes, BER), Native Americans in reading, and about each other, in a community of YA lit (Jim Blasingame of Arizona State University and mutual respect and encouragement. This year the Kenan Metzger of Haskell Indian Nations University), ALAN Workshop invites you to celebrate being part of religious themes in YA historical fiction (Joanne this world, to hear a wide variety of YA authors speak Brown, Drake University), and much more. As you about their joy in writing for young readers and their can see, these small-group sessions will be conducted dedication to excellence, to meet and talk with these by leading authorities in the field. There will be writers, to discuss current literary trends and issues of opportunities for book signings during the workshop, concern, to learn about the newest and best books for and every attendee will receive a large bag of free teens, and to encounter field-tested ideas for introduc books. As the frosting on this already rich cake, a ing YA literature to young people. group of teens from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Anthologist and longtime ALAN member Donald under the direction of young adult librarian Robyn Gallo will deliver the keynote address, and forty YA Hammer-Clarey, will perform an excerpt from a new authors will appear as speakers and panelists, includ play by Paul Fleischman. ing Walter Dean Myers, Harry Mazer, Caroline Cooney, The ALAN Workshop has been called “the best YA Laurie Halse Anderson, Joan Bauer, Annette Curtis show in the world” and is an incomparable opportu Klause, Alex Flinn, Graham Salisbury, Nancy Garden, nity for professional growth. The audience planned is Han Nolan, Tom Barron, Michael Cadnum, Chris no more than 400, and in the past ALAN has had to Lynch, Paul Fleischman, Lynne Cox, and many others. turn away applicants beyond that number. Register Panels will discuss an array of concerns such as early, don’t miss out! “Caring about Books on War,” “Caring about Teens’ Search for Spiritual Truth,” “Beyond Chick Lit,” (Early online registration is available at “Caring about Kids Who Don’t Like to Read,” “Caring www.NCTE.org, at $150 for members, $160 for about Hispanic Culture in YA Literature, “Caring about nonmembers, and $75 for students.) Knowing the Past,” and “The Many Varieties of Speculative Fiction.”

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b3_8TAR_Summer05 5 6/7/05, 4:59 PM The ALAN (P)review Fall 2005 Workshop

The fall 2005 ALAN Workshop is scheduled for Nov. 21 and 22 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the star-studded lineup is filled with well-known authors, publishers, and experts in the field of young adult literature. The activities actually kick off with the annual breakfast featuring Yann Martel, celebrated author of The Life of Pi, on Saturday, November 19, and a reception on Sunday evening, sponsored by publishers, will give all us ordinary folk a chance to chat with our favorite authors. Here’s a workshop preview showing what you can look forward to in Pittsburgh.—JB & LG

ALAN Workshop 2005 Bearers of Light: The Caring Community of Young Adult Literature Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 21-22, 2005

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 11:20-12:00—CARING ABOUT KNOWING THE PAST 8:00-8:10—WELCOME Moderator Joanne Brown, Drake University, Des Patty Campbell, ALAN President Moines, IA 8:10-8:40—KEYNOTE ADDRESS Michael Cadnum, William Durbin, Jeanette Donald Gallo, Solon, Ohio Ingold, Graham Salisbury, Diane Lee Wilson Courtesy of Candlewick Courtesy of Scholastic, Harcourt, Random House, Chair: Sarah K. Herz, Westport, Connecticut and Simon & Schuster 8:40-9:10—Joan Bauer 12:00-1:15—Lunch “Bearers of Light” 1:15-1:55—CARING ABOUT HISPANIC CULTURE IN Courtesy of Penguin Putnam YA LITERATURE Chair: Mary Arnold, Cuyahoga County Public Moderator Lori Marie Carlson, Henry Holt Library, Cleveland, OH Judith Ortiz Cofer, Pam Munoz Ryan, Benjamin 9:10–10:00—CARING ABOUT BOOKS ON WAR Alire Saenz Moderator Marc Aronson, Candlewick Courtesy Henry Holt, Scholastic, Cinco Puntos Paul Fleischman, Harry Mazer, Jim Murphy, 1:55-2:35—THE MANY VARIETIES OF SPECULATIVE Walter Dean Myers FICTION Courtesy Candlewick, Simon & Schuster, Clarion, Moderator Diane Tuccillo, City of Mesa Library, and HarperCollins Mesa, AZ 10:00-10:30—Nancy Gardner Tom Barron, Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson, Kenneth Courtesy of Farrar Straus Giroux Oppel, Tamora Pierce, Marcus Sedgwick Chair: James Cook, Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, Courtesy Penguin Putnam, Roaring Brook, OH HarperCollins, Random House 10:30-10:50—Coffee break 2:35-3:00—Soda break 10:50–11:20—Alex Flinn 3:00-3:55—BREAKOUT SESSIONS “Caring about Kids with Troubles” “Booktalking the 2005 ALAN Workshop Authors” Courtesy HarperCollins Joni Richards Bodart, San Jose State University Chair: Wendy Glenn, University of Connecticut “Poetry Performance in the Classroom”

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b3_8TAR_Summer05 6 6/7/05, 5:00 PM Bob Falls, Poetry Alive Harcourt “Hearing the Silent Voices: YA Literature by, for, 10:00-10:30—Chris Lynch and about Native Americans” Courtesy of HarperCollins James Blasingame, Arizona State University Chair: Jeffrey Kaplan, University of Central Florida Kenan Metzger, Haskell Indian Nations University 10:30-10:50—Coffee break Marlinda Kaulaity, Arizona State University 10:50-11:30—BEYOND CHICK LIT: CARING ABOUT Wendy Kelleher, Arizona State University WHAT GIRLS READ Katie Mason, Arizona State University Moderator Michael Cart, UCLA Nina Murikami, Arizona State University Caroline Cooney, Carolyn MacCullough, Sharon “Joyous Enlightenment: Introducing Future Flake, Mary Pearson, Fiona Rosenbloom Teachers to Young Adult Literature” Courtesy of Random House, Roaring Brook, Angela Beumer Johnson, Wright State University, Hyperion, and Henry Holt OH 11:30-12:00—Lynne Cox—Swimming to Antarctica “The ALAN Foundation: Support for Your Courtesy of Harcourt Research” Chair: Chris Crowe, Brigham Young University Gary Salvner, Youngstown State University, OH 12:00-1:15—Lunch John Noell Moore, The College of William and 1:15-1:45—Annette Curtis Klause Mary, Williamsburg, VA Courtesy of Simon & Schuster Mary Warner, San Jose State University Chair: Linda Pavonetti, Oakland University, Jean E. Brown, Rhode Island College Rochester, MI “Teaching a Love of Reading: How to Rehabilitate 1:45-2:30—CARING ABOUT KIDS WHO DON’T LIKE Reluctant Readers” TO READ Daria Plumb, Dundee Alternative High School, Moderator Ed Sullivan, Library Media Specialist, Dundee, MI Knoxville, TN 4:00-4:30—Paul Fleischman Eloise Flood (Razorbill), Marilyn Reynolds, “About Zap” Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Andrew Courtesy of Candlewick Wooldridge (Soundings) Chair: Patrick Jones, Richfield, Minnesota Courtesy of Penguin Putnam, Hyperion, Orca 4:30-5:00—AN EXCERPT FROM ZAP 2:30-2:50—Soda break Performed by the young adults of Carnegie 2:50-3:10—BREAKOUT SESSIONS Library of Pittsburgh “Walter’s Lively and Opinionated Look at the Robyn Hammer-Clarey, Young Adult Coordinator Best of 2005” TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Walter Mayes, The Girls’ Middle School, Mountain 8:00-8:15—A WORD ABOUT ALAN MEMBERSHIP View, CA Joan Kaywell, Membership Secretary, University “Bearing Light, Exploring Darkness: Religious of South Florida-Tampa Themes in YA Historical Fiction” 8:15-8:30—THE ALAN REVIEW Joanne Brown, Drake University, Des Moines, IA James Blasingame and Lori Atkins Goodson, “Creating Classroom Connections Between Co-Editors University and Secondary Students 8:30-9:00—Laurie Halse Anderson Through Young Adult Literature” Courtesy of Penguin Putnam Lisa A. Hazlett, University of South Dakota Chair: Catherine Balkin, Balkin Buddies Judith Hayn, Loyola University, Chicago 9:00-10:00—CARING ABOUT TEENS’ SEARCH FOR Melissa Vatter-Miller, Reitz High School, IA SPIRITUAL TRUTH “New Kids on the Block: Shining a Light on Moderator Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State First-time Writers for Young Adults” University Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State University Elsie Aidinoff, Pete Hautman, Han Nolan Mary Arnold, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Courtesy of HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, Cleveland, OH

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b3_8TAR_Summer05 7 6/7/05, 5:00 PM Bonnie Kunzel, New Jersey State Library 3:15-3:55—SPOTLIGHT ON NEW AUTHORS “Hot-Burning Torches: Teaching YA Books that Andrew Auseon, Alfred Martino, Stephanie Sizzle with Controversy” Hemphill, and Linda Oatman High Toby Emert, University of Kentucky Courtesy of Harcourt, Hyperion, and Bloomsbury Aaron Levy, Kennesaw State University Chair: Carolyn Lott, University of Montana Kristi Piper, Danbury High School, Texas 3:55-4:00—A PREVIEW OF ALAN 2006 AND FARE Laraine Wallowitz, Adelphi University WELL Lana Taylor Warren, Obion County Central High Diane Tuccillo, ALAN President-Elect School, Tennessee “Reaching Diverse Communities with Young Plan to attend the 2006 ALAN Workshop in Adult Literature” Nashville, Tennessee Steven Bickmore, University of Georgia Contact 2005 ALAN President Diane Tuccillo Melanie Hundley, University of Georgia ([email protected])

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