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Weekend Pick of January 7, 2022

1/7/2022

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Weekend Picks for January 7, 2022

Have you made any New Year's resolutions?  I don't make resolutions anymore, but I do keep a great habit of reading and learning from books. I also love sharing books with my students. This Weekend's Picks are suggested by two of my students, Sarah Spring and Lily Navarra. Both are pre-service teachers going into their second semester of residency in local public schools.  They share two phenomenal texts that have already earned their rightful place among young adult novels. 
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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006)

​American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is not only a coming of age story combining a unique and traditional approach to the hero’s quest for identity, an archetype stretching back thousands of years. Both Jin Wang, a contemporary teenager, and the Monkey King, representing generations of the past,  undergo personal transformations, experience supernatural phenomenon, and undergo various other archetypal trials on the way toward their newfound identity. By positing the story in the modern world, Yang forges a new perspective on racism, heroism, stereotypes, and the dangers of pride and conformity. This is an engaging graphic novel that will keep you reading until you reach the final page.

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (2014)

The Crossover is a first person verse novel that follows twelve-year-old Josh Bell as he must overcome  confusing feelings of jealousy and abandonment and cope with his father’s terminal condition With each section in this novel, the poetry directly interacts with the reader. From the onomatopoeia, to the concrete poetry, to the various intentional poetic forms, Kwame Alexander crafts a novel like no other. Through the eyes of Josh “Filthy McNasty” Bell, the readers are introduced into the adolescent experience of a distinctive individual. In each of the poems, we learn that Josh values his family, looks up to his father, and lives for the game of basketball. Many of the poems serve as a play-by-play of Josh’s basketball games in first-person and real-time. These poems mirror the experience of watching an actual basketball game, having a quick rhythm, and exhilarating tone.  

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Keep reading!
Until next weekend,
Leilya

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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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