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Weekend Pick for July 1, 2022

7/1/2022

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Weekend Pick for July 1, 2022

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The guest-contributor of July Weekend Picks is Dr. Shelly Shaffer and her students. Welcome, Shelly, and thank you for all you do to teach, research, and promote Young Adult Literature! 
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Dr. Shelly Shaffer

​Dr. Shelly Shaffer is Associate Professor of Literacy in the School of Education at Eastern Washington University. She co-edited the book Contending with Gun Violence in the English Language Classroom (Shaffer, Rumohr-Voskuil, & Bickmore, 2019) focused on teaching strategies for addressing (and talking about) gun violence. In addition, she has written several book chapters focusing on pedagogy related to YA literature in secondary ELA, social studies, math, and science classrooms. She teaches YA literature to preservice and MED students, and her current scholarly interests are teaching Young Adult Literature, research in the teaching of YAL, critical literacy, YA literature in the content area, and reading motivation.
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-he first July Weekend Pick is suggested by Dr. Shaffer's student McKenna Russell. This novel has been featured in Dr. Bickmore's Wednesday a couple of times already, but McKenna's choice demonstrates that the book is worth reading.  This novel has been a book club reading in at least three groups I know. So if someone didn't get to it yet, it might be time to pick up and read. Here is a little teaser for you.

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
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This book is about an 18 year-old woman named Daunis Fontaine. She is an amazing hockey player and proud Native American. She has a little bit of a complicated family life that unfolds throughout the story. She is on a journey to find some answers on a recent scandal going on in her hometown while working with a man who she doesn’t really know all that well, yet she starts to fall in love with. This is a very well written story that provides a lot of good insight on the Ojibwe Native American culture. It includes traditions, rituals, stories, and examples of the Ojibwe community of Native Americans. Angeline Boulley is a very clever author that demonstrates the best ways of keeping a reader on their toes while leaving questions open for some wonder and thought. She portrays Daunis really well and all of the characters throughout the book. She makes sure to include all of the important aspects to a great story.


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    Curators for the Weekend Picks

    Leilya Pitre
    Leilya taught English as a foreign language in the Ukraine and ELA/English in public schools in the US. Her research interests include teacher preparation, clinical experiences, secondary school teaching, and teaching and research of Young Adult and multicultural literature. Together with her friend and colleague, Mike Cook, she co-authored a two-volume edition of Teaching Universal Themes Through Young Adult Novels (2021). ​
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    Cammie Jo Lawton
    Cammie is a current doctoral student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and serves the Center for Children and Young Adult Literature as a graduate research assistant. She is especially interested in how YA can affect readers, create empathy and possibly shift thinking. 
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    Nikki Bylina-Streets
    Nikki is a elementary librarian who just keeps reading YA literature. She is a constant advocate for reading at every level. You can also follow her through her ​Instagram account dedicated to my school library work. @thislibraryrocks
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