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The American School in London
The American School in London Rising 7th Grade Summer Reading Suggestions 2019-2020 Table of Contents Page 2 Sora Instructions Page 3 Flipster Magazines Pages 4-5 Recommendations from Outgoing 7th Pages 6-7 2019-2020 Fiction Pages 8-9 2019-2020 Series & Sequels Pages 10-11 2019-2020 Nonfiction Pages 12-13 Classics & Old Favorites S e t u p SORA Mellon Library’s Audio & eBook Library (formerly Overdrive) GET THE APP! FIND THE ASL LIBRARY & You will find the free SORA app in L O G I N . your App store. The little guy looks like When you launch the app you will be prompted to this... Isn't he cute?! “Find my school.” Click on the American School in London. From the pull-down menu, if you are a student or staff, click on "American School in Download to your device. London" and log in with your ASL account. If you You can also log in on a computer: are a parent, use the pulldown menu and select https://soraapp.com/welcome "Parents." You will log in using your ASL username & the last 5 digits on the back of your ASL ID. ONCE IN, BROWSE & CHECKOUT AUDIO & EBOOKS! Explore our collection. Borrow or place a hold on books you want. The headphone symbol denotes audiobooks. For help, stop by the Mellon Library or email [email protected] FlipstFlipster Mager MagazinesazinesASL 2020ASL 2020 https://tinyurl.com/ASLmagazineLogin American School in London 2020 Recommendations for Rising 7th from Outgoing 7th 2020 Masterminds Adam Grant #1: The Recruit To All the Boys I've by Gordon Korman Thirteen by Robert Muchamore Loved Before by Jenny Han by Tom -
Navigating Young Adult Literature in the Classroom in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Banned Books
Bridgewater College BC Digital Commons Honors Projects Spring 5-1-2021 To Read or Not To Read: Navigating Young Adult Literature in the Classroom in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Banned Books Ashley Sell [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/honors_projects Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, and the Secondary Education and Teaching Commons Recommended Citation Sell, Ashley, "To Read or Not To Read: Navigating Young Adult Literature in the Classroom in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Banned Books" (2021). Honors Projects. 61. https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/honors_projects/61 This Honors Project is brought to you for free and open access by BC Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Projects by an authorized administrator of BC Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To Read or Not To Read: Navigating Young Adult Literature in the Classroom in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Banned Books Ashley Sell ENG-499H: Honors Project Dr. Alice Trupe Sell 1 Introduction Before the 1900s, the terms “teenager” and “young adult” did not exist and were not considered demographic-describing nouns until World War Two (Cart 3). In fact, American society only recognized two defined stages of development, childhood and adulthood, with the point of transition between the two being the entrance of a child into the workforce, therefore entering adulthood (Cart 3-4). Then where did the terms come from, and how did they obtain such prominence in the past hundred years? According to Michael Cart, The Great Depression played a role in the emergence of “youth culture,” in part due to the large increase of young individuals’ high school attendance (5). -
Hope Nation for YA Readers
From: Mississippi Book Festival [email protected] Subject: HOPE and Other Four-Letter Words! Date: May 15, 2018 Hope Nation for YA Readers Young Adult (YA) makes a strong statement at the Mississippi Book Festival with this provocative panel discussion about Hope Nation, a timely collection of essays, letters, and intimate stories by twenty-three influential authors, aimed at young people facing uncertain futures in a climate of oppression, alienation, and defeat. Moderating the exchange among YA’s hottest authors about why and how they write their conscience will be Rose Brock, editor of Hope Nation and professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. A longtime educator and advocate for using audiobooks as a tool for literacy, Dr. Brock is a co-founder of the North Texas Teen Book Festival. She is also the author of Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, Third Edition, publishing March 2019. OFFICIAL PANELISTS Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) Angie Thomas is a Jackson native who made it to the top of the New York Times bestseller list with her award-winning debut novel, The Hate You Give. A former teen rapper, she holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University. Nic Stone (Dear Martin) Nic Stone is an Atlanta area native whose New York Times bestselling Dear Martin was a William C. Morris Award finalist. Having worked extensively in teen mentoring, she is now a full-time writer, and is also the author of Odd One Out, available October 2018.