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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 481 397 CS 512 447 AUTHOR Brown, Jean E., Ed.; Stephens, Elaine C., Ed. TITLE Your Reading: An Annotated Booklist for Middle School and Junior High. llth Edition. NCTE Bibliography Series. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. ISBN ISBN-0-8141-5944-3 ISSN ISSN-1051-4740 PUB DATE 2003-00-00 NOTE 400p.; Foreword by Joan Bauer. Afterword by Joyce Hansen. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock no. 59443: $24.95 members, $33.95 nonmembers). Tel: 800-369-6283 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.ncte.org. PUB TYPE Books (010) Guides Classroom Teacher (052) Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescent Literature; Annotated Bibliographies; *Fiction; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; *Nonfiction; *Reading Material Selection; Recreational Reading; *Thematic Approach IDENTIFIERS *Information Books; *Trade Books ABSTRACT Organized around the theme of "challenges," the llth edition of "Your Reading" offers annotations of more than 1,200 books for young adults. Intended for teachers, librarians, parents, and students, this booklist presents recently published books that can be read for many purposes--for sheer enjoyment of the story, to pique curiosity orsatisfy it, to find new information or confirm old, to completeschool assignments, or for the exhilaration of escape. It is divided into thefollowing parts: Foreword (Joan Bauer);(1) Challenges of Coming of Age (Families; Friends and Peers; Identity);(2) Challenging Our Lives (Adventures and Survival; Obstacles, Barriers, and Opportunities; Sports and Recreation); (3) Challenging Our Imaginations (Mysteries and Suspense; Fantasy and Supernatural; Arts, Architecture, and Other Creative Endeavors); (4) Challenging Our Minds (Science and Technology: Fact and Fiction; Health, Medicine, and Nutrition; Nature, Animals, and the Environment); (5) Challenges of Today's World (Diversity; Problems and Issues; Geography and Cultures);(6) Challenges of Yesterday (Historical Fiction; Historical Nonfiction; Folktales, Myths, and Legends); and Afterword (Joyce Hansen). Contains an Author Index, an Illustrator Index, a Subject Index, and aTitle Index. (NKA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Your Pca An Annotated booklist for Middle &hod. and Junior Eli 8h 11th Edition 00 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Pt A. qv/6 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) L 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Irnorovement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) O This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy % Jean E. Brown and Elaine C. Stephens, Editors, and the Committee on the Middle School and Junior High Booklist Foreword by Joan Bauer Afterword by Joyce Hansen NCTE Bibliography Series BEST COPY AVAILABLE 1 NCTE Editorial Board: Jacqueline Bryant, Kermit Campbell, Willie Mae Crews, Colleen Fairbanks, Andrea Lunsford, Gerald R. Og Ian, Jackie Swensson, Gail Wood, Zarina M. Hock, Chair, ex officio, Kent Williamson, ex officio, Kurt Austin, ex officio NCTE Committee on the Middle School and Junior High Book list James Barton, Rhode Island College, Providence Jennifer Basile, Gorton Junior High School, Warwick, Rhode Island Joseph Carroll, Rhode Island College, Providence Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York Anita E. Childers, Southeast Community College, Middlesboro, Kentucky Melissa Corner, Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky Ruth Copp, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan Marshall A. George, Fordham University, New York City David Gill, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Gail Gregg, Florida International University, Miami Anne Hird, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts Jeffrey Kaplan, University of Central Florida, Orlando Judith Mitchell, Rhode Island College, Providence Elizabeth Poe, West Virginia University, Morgantown David Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Anne Sherrill, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City Susan Steffel, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant Dee Story, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan Lois Stover, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City Christa Thompson, Veterans High School, Warwick, Rhode Island Margaret Watson, Winman Junior High School, Warwick, Rhode Island Your Reading An Annotated Book list for Middle School and Junior High 11th Edition Jean E. Brown and Elaine C. Stephens, Editors, and the Committee on the Middle School and Junior High Book list Foreword by Joan Bauer Afterword by Joyce Hansen National Council of Teachers of English 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 Staff Editor: Bonny Graham Interior Design: Doug Burnett Cover Design: Tom Jaczak Series Cover Design: R. Maul Cover illustration reprinted with permission of Judith Bloom Fradin, from Bound for the North Star by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Clarion, 2000). Foreword copyright 2003 by Joan Bauer. Reprinted with permission. NCTE Stock Number: 59443-3050 ©2003 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmit- ted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo- copy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the copyright holder. Printed in the United States of America. It is the policy of NCTE in its journals and other publications to provide a forum for the open discussion of ideas concerning the content and the teaching of English and the language arts. Publicity accorded to any particular point of view does not imply endorsement by the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, or the membership at large, except in announcements of policy, where such endorsement is clearly specified. ISSN: 1051-4740 ISBN: 0-8141-5944-3 5 To my sister, Mary, who is facing the ultimate challenge with courage, dignity, and hope. JEB To my grandchildren, Griffin, Mitchell, and Iza, for their love of reading and adventure. ECS vii About the NCTE Bibliography Series The National Council of Teachers of English is proud to be part of a tradition that we want to share with you. In our bibliography series are four different booklists, each focused on a particular audience, each updated regularly. These are Adventuring with Books (preK through grade 6), Kaleidoscope (multicultural literature, grades K through 8), Your Reading (middle school/junior high), and Books for You (senior high). Together, these volumes list thousands of recent children's and young adult trade books. Although the works included cover a wide range of topics, they all have one thing in common: they're good books that students and teachers alike enjoy. How are these volumes put together? The process begins when educators who know literature and its importance in the lives of stu- dents and teachers are chosen by the NCTE Executive Committee to serve as booklist editors. Those editors then work with teachers and librarians who review, select, and annotate hundreds of new trade books sent to them by publishers. It's a complicated process, one that can last three or four years. But because of their dedication and strong belief in the need to let others know about the good literature that's available, these professionals volunteer their time in a way that is com- mendable and serves as an inspiration to all of us. The members of the committee that compiled this volume are listed in the front of the book, and we are truly grateful for their hard work. As educators know, no single book is right for every reader or every purpose, so inclusion in this booklist is not necessarily an endorsement from NCTE. But it does indicate that the professionals who make up the booklist committee feel that the work in question is worthy of teachers' and students' attention, whether for its informative or aesthetic qualities. Similarly, exclusion from an NCTE booklist is not necessarily a judgment on the quality of a given book or publisher. Many factorsspace, time, availability of certain books, publisher participationmay influence the final shape of the list. 7 viii About the NCTE Bibliography Series We hope that you'll find this booklist a useful resource in discov- ering new titles and authors, and we hope that you will want to collect other booklists in the series. Our mission is to help improve the teaching and learning of English and the language arts, and we hope you'll agree that the quality of our booklists contributes substantially toward that goal. Zarina M. Hock Senior Editor 8 ix Contents Foreword xi Joan Bauer Acknowledgments Introduction I. Challenges of Coming of Age 1 1. Families 3 2. Friends and Peers 23 3. Identity 33 II. Challenging Our Lives 51 4. Adventure and Survival 53 5. Obstacles, Barriers, and Opportunities 67 6. Sports and Recreation 86 III. Challenging Our Imaginations 105 7. Mysteries and Suspense 107 8. Fantasy and Supernatural 125 9. The Arts, Architecture, and Other Creative Endeavors 151 IV. Challenging Our Minds 169 10. Science and Technology: Fact and Fiction 171 11. Health, Medicine, and Nutrition 193 12. Nature, Animals, and the Environment 204 V. Challenges of Today's World 221 13. Diversity 223 14. Problems and Issues 233 15. Geography and Cultures 243 VI. Challenges of Yesterday 255 16. Historical Fiction 257 17. Historical Nonfiction 289 18. Folktales, Myths, and Legends 319 x Contents Afterword 331 Joyce Hansen Author Index 335 Illustrator Index 343 Subject Index 345 Title Index 371 Editors 387 xi Foreword Iwas thirteen years old when I read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. At the time, I'd never been out of the Midwest. I didn't have any African American friends. I had no desire to live in a sleepy southern town without air conditioning. I'd given lawyers little thought.