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Introduction
Section I. Where has YAL been?
Chapter 1: Young Adult Literature: Defining the Role of
Research
Judith A. Hayn and Amanda L. Nolen
Chapter 2: The Changing Face of Young Adult Literature: What
Teachers and Researchers Need to Know to Enhance Their Practice and
Inquiry
Jeffrey S. Kaplan
Chapter 3: Literacy Teacher Education and the Teaching of
Adolescent Literature: Perspectives on Research and Practice
Susan E. Elliott-Johns
Section II. Where is YAL Now?
Chapter 4: Identifying Obstacles and Garnering Support: Young Adult
Literature in the English Language Arts Classroom
Kelly Byrne Bull
Chapter 5: Using Young Adult Literature to Motivate and Engage the
Disengaged
Michelle J. Kelley, Nance S. Wilson, and Melanie D. Koss
Chapter 6: Dystopian Novels: What Imagined Futures Tell Young
Readers about the Present and Future
Crag Hill
Chapter 7: Out of the Closet and into the Open: LGBTQ Young Adult
Literature in the Language Arts Classroom
Laura Renzi,Mark Letcher, and Kristen Miraglia
Chapter 8: Multicultural Literature: Finding the Balance
Judith A. Hayn and Melissa Comer
Chapter 9: Updating Young Adult Literature Reading Lists While
Retaining Quality Titles
Lisa Hazlett
Chapter 10: Crossing Boundaries: Genre-Blurring in Books for Young
Adults
Barbara A. Ward, Terrell A. Young, and Deanna Day
Chapter 11: The Bestselling Adult Novelist and Young Adult
Fiction
Steven T. Bickmore
Chapter 12: Young Adult Literature as a Call to Social Activism
Lois T. Stover and Jacqueline Bach
Section III: Where is YAL Going?
Chapter 13: Beyond the Language Arts Classroom: The Dynamic
Intersection of Young Adult Literature and Technological,
Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge
Colleen Sheehy and Karina R. Clemmons
Chapter 14: Reading with Blurred Boundaries: The Influence of
Digital and Visual Culture on Young Adult Novels
Linda T. Parsons and Melanie Hundley
Chapter 15: YAL in Cyberspace: How Teachers are Following
TheirStudents into New Literature
James Blasingame
Judith A. Hayn is associate professor of English education at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is the chair of the NCTE
Conference on English Education Commission on the Study and
Teaching of Adolescent Literature and of SIGNAL, the Special
Interest Group Network on Adolescent Literature for the
International Reading Association. Hayn began her career in
education as a middle and high school English language arts.
Jeffrey S. Kaplan is associate professor of English education at
the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Kaplan is
President-Elect for ALAN, the Assembly for the Study of Literature
for Adolescents. He is also the Research Connections Editor for the
ALAN Review, a leading peer-reviewed journal on the study and
teaching of young adult literature. Kaplan is a former middle and
high school English Language Arts teacher.
Both Hayn and Kaplan have published widely in the field and
recently coedited a themed issue on Young Adult Literature for
Theory Into Practice.
English education scholars Hayn (Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock)
and Kaplan (Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando) have created a small
gem: a book on young adult literature (YAL) that offers a solid
introduction to major pedagogical issues of the field and a taste
of a YAL survey course. Readers unfamiliar with YAL texts and
issues would do well to begin with the first section. Hayn begins
with a call for empirical research studies, especially concerning
assessment. Kaplan follows with "The Changing Face of Young Adult
Literature," which defines, grounds, and surveys YAL, including
genres such as series romance and books with religious overtones.
This section concludes with an examination of YAL teacher prep:
Susan Elliott-Johns observes that more research and better training
is key. Concerns raised in part 1 are taken up in part 2, "Where Is
YAL Now?," in which contributors, most of whom are or have been
middle and high school English teachers, offer practical and
scholarly methods on how to build student access to and interest in
YAL, work around rigid curricula expectations and censorship
threats, and embrace multiple literacies by using postmodern YAL
and digital technologies in meaningful ways. A concluding section
looks at where YAL is going. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*
Intended for language arts teachers in middle and secondary
schools, this volume consists of fourteen chapters covering such
topics as dystopian novels, LGBTQ young adult literature, and
genre-blurring literature. In addition to discussing various
examples of works for young adults, the contributors provide
practical advice for teachers on how to incorporate such literature
into classroom activities.
*Children's Literature Association Quarterly*
The first word that comes to mind is 'refreshing.' Using research
and best practices, these editors have created a great companion
text to the classic YA methods texts currently available. This text
fills in the gaps previously unaddressed in other texts.
*Joan F. Kaywell, professor of English education, University of
South Florida; senior executive director, Florida Council of
Teachers of English, 2010-2011; membership secretary, Assembly on
Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of
English; and author of Dear Author: Letters…*
This book covers the ground in YA literature up to the present
moment, and then plows new ground. The sections on research
issues in YA literature fill a new niche in the professional
literature, and one that sorely needed filling. More than anything,
this book shows why teaching YA lit matters, and how to pursue it
so it matters most. It also explores why researching its
instructional use also matters. The connections of YA lit to 21st
century literacy are astute and timely. Several chapters, on their
own, are worth the price of the book.
*Jeffrey Wilhelm, professor of English education, Boise State
University*
A much needed addition to the field of young adult literature.
Respected young adult scholars address the changing face of young
adult literature. Covering such topics as the role of research in
the study of young adult literature, enhancing practice and
inquiry, motivating young readers, identifying obstacles to
teaching young adult literature, and the myriad emerging themes and
topics, this text is a cutting edge addition to the field. A must
for the young adult literature library!
*Pam B. Cole, author, Young Adult Literature in the 21st
Century*
There are 'few' worthwhile books for teachers using YA literature.
I am delighted to have this book.
*Phyllis Fantauzzo, Rider University*
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