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Visit www.booksontape.com to read our blog, request free marketing materials, place an order, and find additional audiobook information. aCov2-ALAN-Fall15.indd 1 10/2/15 9:04 AM Table of Contents Volume 43 Number 1 Fall 2015 Beyond Borders: Partnering within and across Schools and Communities Wendy Glenn From the Editors 3 Ricki Ginsberg Danielle King Call for Manuscripts 5 Marc Aronson Using Nonfiction to Form Partnerships: 6 Marina Budhos A Collaborative Conversation Jim Ottaviani Laurie Ann Thompson Andrew Smith The Many Iterations of Andrew Smith 12 Speech delivered at the 2014 breakfast of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, D.C. Robin Kirk Painted on the Surface: 15 The Marbury Lens and Gore in Young Adult Fiction Kristen Nichols-Besel “A Very Likable Person”: 23 Character Development in Louis Sachar’s There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Lacey L. Bodensteiner Beyond Borders: 32 Karen J. Kindle A Partnership to Promote Independent Reading Dawan Coombs Insider or Outsider? 45 Maichael Mayans Using Young Adult Literature and Experiential Learning to Understand the Other Martha S. Guarisco The Wonder of Empathy: 56 Louise M. Freeman Using Palacio’s Novel to Teach Perspective Taking Lynn Hunt Long What Are Book Clubs Doing in Health Class? 69 Lesley Roessing Enhancing Learning and Making Empathetic Disciplinary Connections through YA Novels Jacqueline Bach The Book Battle: 78 Charity Cantey Using Service Learning to Collaborate with a Young Adult Library Jay LeSaicherre, Kylie Morris Barbara Ward BOOK IN REVIEW, A TEACHING GUIDE: Trying to Find Themselves: 88 Teen Literary Characters in Search of Identity and the Right Paths James Blasingame RIGHT TO READ: E. Sybil Durand “The Books That Will Never Be Read” 94 Sandra Schamroth Abrams LAYERED LITERACIES: Hannah R. Gerber Layering Meaning across Literate Practices 101 Paul Griffin I Wanna Be Rich 106 L. A. Gabay Sign My Cast 111 HE EVIEW T ALAN R Fall 2015 b1-2-ALAN-Fall15.indd 1 9/18/15 4:36 PM T ◆ H ◆ E Instructions for Authors ALAN REVIEW ABOUT THE ALAN REVIEW. The ALAN Review (TAR; ISSN 0882-2840 [Print], ISSN 1547­ 741X [Online]) publishes articles that explore, examine, critique, and advocate for literature for Editor Wendy Glenn young adults and the teaching of that literature. Published pieces include, but are not limited [email protected] University of Connecticut to, research studies, papers presented at professional meetings, surveys of the literature, critiques of the literature, articles about authors, comparative studies across genres and/or Assistant Editors Ricki Ginsberg cultures, articles on ways to teach the literature to adolescents, and interviews with YA authors. [email protected] University of Connecticut AUDIENCE. Many of the individual members of ALAN are classroom teachers of English in Danielle King middle, junior, and senior high schools. Other readers include university faculty members in [email protected] English and/or Education programs, researchers in the field of young adult literature, librar­ University of Connecticut ians, YA authors, publishers, reading teachers, and teachers in related content areas. ALAN has members in all 50 United States and a number of foreign countries. Mary Arnold, Cuyahoga County Public Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State PREFERRED STYLE. Manuscripts should usually be no longer than twenty double-spaced, Library University typed pages, not including references. A manuscript submitted for consideration should deal Jacqueline Bach, Louisiana State University Mark Letcher, Purdue University, Calumet specifically with literature for young adults and/or the teaching of that literature. It should Katherine Bell, Wilfrid Laurier University Marilyn Lorch, Northern Illinois University have a clearly defined topic and be scholarly in content, as well as practical and useful to Steven Bickmore, University of Nevada, Joellen Maples, St. John Fisher College people working with and/or studying young adults and their literature. Research studies and Las Vegas Katherine Mason, Wichita State University Jean Boreen, Northern Arizona University Sharron L. McElmeel, University of papers should be treated as articles rather than formal reports. Stereotyping on the basis of Kathy Brashears, Tennessee Tech Wisconsin-Stout sex, race, age, etc., should be avoided, as should gender-specific terms such as “chairman.” University J. Bradley Minnick, University of Arkansas Alan Brown, Wake Forest University at Little Rock MANUSCRIPT FORMAT. Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout, including quota­ Jennifer Buehler, Saint Louis University Shannon R. Mortimore-Smith, tions and bibliographies. The names of submitting authors should not appear anywhere in Tara Campbell, Georgia State University Shippensburg University the manuscript. Short quotations, as permitted under “fair use” in the copyright law, must be James Bucky Carter, Washington State Kellee Moye, Hunter’s Creek Middle carefully documented within the manuscript and in the bibliography. Longer quotations and University School complete poems or short stories must be accompanied by written permission from the copyright James S. Chisholm, University of Louisville Alleen Nilsen, Arizona State University owner. YA author interviews should be accompanied by written permission for publication in Melissa Comer, Tennessee Tech University Elaine J. O’Quinn, Appalachian State Sean Connors, University of Arkansas University TAR from the interviewed author(s). Interviewers should indicate to the author(s) that pub­ Chris Crowe, Brigham Young University Mary Ellen Oslick, University of Central lication is subject to review of an editorial board. Original short tables and figures should be Jennifer Dail, Kennesaw State University Arkansas double-spaced and placed on separate sheets at the end of the manuscript. Notations should Janine Darragh, University of Idaho Jon Ostenson, Brigham Young University appear in the text indicating proper placement of tables and figures. Jennifer Denmon, University of South Ruchelle Owens, University of South Florida Florida and Tomlin Middle School The ALAN Review uses the bibliographic style detailed in the Publications Manual of the Maggie Dorsey, Oxford Academy Linda T. Parsons, The Ohio State University, American Psychological Association (APA). Please adhere to that style when including in- Katie S. Dredger, James Madison Marion text citations and preparing reference lists. University Sue Christian Parsons, Oklahoma State Kevin Dupre, Athens State University University E. Sybil Durand, Arizona State University Emily Pendergrass, Vanderbilt University SUBMITTING THE MANUSCRIPT. Authors should submit manuscripts electronically to Toby Emert, Agnes Scott College Karin Perry, Sam Houston State University [email protected]. In the subject line, please write: ALAN Manuscript Submission. Judith Franzak, New Mexico State Daria Plumb, Riverside Academy All manuscripts should be written using a recent version of Microsoft Word and use APA University June Pulliam, Louisiana State University bibliographical format. Complete submissions include, as separate attachments, the following Maggie Freeburn, Formerly University of Delia Regan, East Hampton Middle School documents: 1) An abstract of no more than 150 words; 2) A manuscript without references Colorado Denver René Saldaña, Jr., Texas Tech University Bryan Gillis, Kennesaw State University Sophia Sarigianides, Westfield State to the author(s) and with name(s) removed in the Properties section under the File menu Mary Louise Gomez, University of University to ensure the piece is blinded; 3) A title page with names, affiliations, mailing addresses, Wisconsin-Madison Lisa Scherff, Estero High School and 100- to 150-word professional biographies for each submitting author, as well as a brief Robin D. Groce, Appalachian State Renita Schmidt, The University of Iowa statement that the article is original, has not been published previously in other journals and/ University Kelly Shea, Manchester High School or books, and is not a simultaneous submission. Kay Haas, Johnson County Community Joanna Simpson, Kennesaw State College University REVIEW PROCESS. Each manuscript will receive a blind review by the editors and at least Patricia M. Hauschildt, Youngstown State Tiffany Smith, E. O. Smith High School three members of the Editorial Review Board, unless the length, style, or content makes it University Anna O. Soter, The Ohio State University inappropriate for publication. Usually, authors should expect to hear the results within eight Lisa A. Hazlett, University of South Dakota Renee Stites, Saint Louis University Crag Hill,