Young Adult Literature and Multimedia A Quick Guide Mary Ann Harlan David V. Loertscher Sharron L. McElmeel 7th Edition Learning Commons Press !"#$%&'$"(#)*#+$#,$--),#./0/1'23#4#567-$03$"8# 2011 Copyright ! 2011 Learning Commons Press All Rights Reserved. Digital Collaborative edition is available to the owner of this book. See details on page viii. Passcode for the digital edition: YA20117th ISBN-13: 978-1-933170-66-4 Content current as of August 1, 2011. Learning Commons Press 312 South 1000 East Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Distributed by LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com Mail orders to: LMC Source P.O. Box 131266 Spring, TX 77393 Email orders to [email protected] Order by phone at 800-873-3043 Copies of up to 3 pages may be made for school or district in-service workshops as long as the source with ordering information is included in the reprints. All other copying is prohibited without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permission can be sought by email at [email protected] This book is supplemented by a website, two wikis and a supplementary work. These are described in the introduction. Acknowledgements Appreciation is extended to graduate students in Young Adult Materials at San Jose State University who wrote and contributed to some of the pages in this volume. Their names are included on the specific pages they helped to construct both within this book and in online contributions on the web. And thank you to Rebecca Brodegard who wrote a number of the pages and served as general editor for the entire project. Thanks also to Richie Partington, graduate of the School of Library and Information Science, for revising and adding to a number of pages. He also has served as editor to the online sections of the book. ii Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................. ii Introduction .............................................................................................................. v Introduction to the Digital Edition ......................................................................... viii Section I: Understanding Young Adult Literature ........................................... 1 Part A: Building A Background for Understanding Young Adult Literature . 3 Teen Survey ............................................................................................................. 3 Touchstones in Children’s Books ............................................................................ 4 Building a Background for Understanding Young Adult Literature .................... 6 Awards and Recognition ......................................................................................... 10 Part B: Building A Background for Understanding the Young Adult Reader and Consumer of Media ......................................................................................... 14 Teen Psychology ...................................................................................................... 14 Collection Development and Selection ................................................................... 17 School and Public Library Cooperation in a Teen World ..................................... 21 Section II: Entering the Teen World of Literacy ............................................. 23 Part A: Teen Pop Culture ................................................................................... 24 Graphic Novels and Manga .................................................................................... 24 Comic Books – Saving the World ........................................................................... 26 Unstoppable Anime ................................................................................................. 28 Cult Movies .............................................................................................................. 30 Video Games ............................................................................................................ 32 Teens Online ............................................................................................................ 34 Horror Movies ......................................................................................................... 36 Teen Movies ............................................................................................................. 38 Pop Music ................................................................................................................. 40 Downloading Music ................................................................................................. 42 I Want My MTV ...................................................................................................... 44 Rap and Hip-Hop .................................................................................................... 46 Alternative Music ..................................................................................................... 48 Mad About Magazines ............................................................................................ 50 Celebrities ................................................................................................................. 52 The Kids are Alright…and So is Their Literature ................................................. 54 Part B: Surrounding Teens with Literature ...................................................... 56 Promoting Reading Among Young Adults ............................................................. 56 Contemporary Realistic Fiction .............................................................................. 58 On the Edge: YA Novels and Tough Issues ........................................................... 61 Quick Picks and Thin Books for Reluctant Readers ............................................. 64 “We Like Pink Books”: Books for Girls ................................................................. 66 Boys Do Read .......................................................................................................... 68 Series Titles for Young Adult Readers ................................................................... 70 iii Don’t Judge a Book by Its Movie .......................................................................... 72 Christian Romance ................................................................................................... 74 GLBTQ Literature for Teens .................................................................................. 76 Teen Books in a Variety of Formats ....................................................................... 78 Self-Help Books ....................................................................................................... 80 Sports ........................................................................................................................ 82 Adventure and Nature ............................................................................................. 85 History and Historical Fiction ................................................................................ 88 Biography ................................................................................................................. 90 Real Science and Technology .................................................................................. 93 Science Fiction ......................................................................................................... 95 Fantasy ..................................................................................................................... 97 Mysteries and Horror for Teens ............................................................................. 99 Part C: High Culture for Teens .......................................................................... 102 A History of Hollywood in Brief ............................................................................. 102 Theater/Drama ......................................................................................................... 104 Dance ........................................................................................................................ 106 Fine Music ................................................................................................................ 108 Fine Art .................................................................................................................... 110 The Western Canon ................................................................................................. 112 The Emerging Canon ............................................................................................... 114 Moving On: Books for the College Bound ............................................................. 116 Cultural Literacy? The High School Canon ........................................................... 118 Poetry and Full-Length Works in Verse ................................................................ 120 Adult Books and the Teenage Reader .................................................................... 123 Picture Books for Young Adults ............................................................................. 126 Making Connections: Young Adult Literature in the Classroom .......................... 129 Section III: Issues to Consider in Young Adult Literature and Multimedia ... 131 Multicultural Concerns ............................................................................................ 132 Censorship