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EDRL 402 Fall 2017

This is an undergraduate course in Young Adult Literature at UNLV.

Dr. Bickmore's YA Wednesday Blog
There is no textbook for the class.
​In this class, we read YA novels.
Other readings will be provided in PDF on Webcampus or on the blog
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All of the photos below are hyperlinked to a place where you can buy the book and read reviews. Of course, you can by any where you like. These links will give you an idea. You will need to have a copy of the book in class. It is fine if what to rent them or use a kindle download as long as you can find a passage in a chapter for discussion purposes.
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​The Outsiders   ISBN-13: 978-0142407332
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Hatchet   ISBN-13: 978-1416936473
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Homecoming   ISBN-13: 978-1442428782
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​I am the Cheese  ISBN-13: 978-0375840395
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​Holes  ISBN-13: 978-0440414803
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American Born Chinese  ISBN-13: 978-0312384487
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​The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian  ISBN-13: 978-0316013697
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​Brown Girl Dreaming  ISBN-13: 978-0147515827
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass  ISBN-13: 978-0763671648
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​ We Were Liars  ISBN-13: 978-0385741262​
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​Chains, ISBN-13: 978-1416905868; 
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​The Realm of Possibility  ISBN-13: 978-0375836572
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Mockingbird  ISBN-13: 978-0142417751
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Freaky Green Eyes  ISBN-13: 978-0064473484
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March, ​ISBN-13: 978-1603094023
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The Crossover  ISBN-13: 978-0544107717
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​King Dork  ISBN-13: 978-0385734509
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​The Impossible Knife of Memory ISBN-13: 978-0147510723
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​The Last True Love Story  ISBN-13: 978-1481429887
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​ All American Boys, ISBN-13: 978-1481463331

Day 1 General introduction

The history of adolescence (G. Stanley Hall)
Pulp fiction for kids pre the birth of YA
Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye
1967
‘Its The Catcher in the Rye. . .He said it was the kind ofbook you made your own’: Finding Holden in Contemporary YA Literature
A Youth Lens for Critical interpretation:
First. Nancy Leskco look here for a link to Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence
Next, Sarigianides, Lewis, and Petrone Look here for the link to the English Journal that focuses on this topic
Apol's Questions for a Text
Donelson and Nilsen YA Characteristics (and now Blasingame as well)
Donelson and Nilsen and Blasingame States of literary Appreciation

Description of the Author Study

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Power Point for Day 1
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Day 2 The Outsiders

Power Point for Day 2
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Day 3 Hatchet

Class discussion of Hatchet:
Gary Paulsen
How Apol's Question for a Text might be used for helping student read. Apol, L. (1998). "But What Does This Have To Do with Kids?": Literary Theory and Children's Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom. Journal of Children's Literature, 24(2), 32-46.
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Characteristics of YA
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Stages of Literary Appreciation

 
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