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Allegiant - Veronica Roth
Genre: Science fiction; Dystopia; Romance; Young Adult Fiction
Copyright: HarperCollins; Katherine Tegen Books
Synopsis: Through confessing her role in the previous insurgency, Tris, Christina, and Cara are pardoned. Tris is informed by Four that the faction members have formed the “Allegiant,” a rebel group wanting to restore the faction system.
Children’s Book Council Children’s Choice Award: 2014
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The Color Purple - Alice Walker
Genre: Fiction
Copyright: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Synopsis: Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie’s abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing “Mister” Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
National Book Award: 1983
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All American Boys - Brendan Kiely
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Copyright: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Synopsis: African American Rashad is brutalized by a white police officer who makes a snap judgment of a scene and assumes Rashad was harassing a white woman and stealing from a neighborhood store where he’s gone to buy chips. In the aftermath of the beating, hospitalized Rashad deals with pain and fear as his family deals with fear and anger and tension, especially between Rashad’s older brother, and their ex-cop dad.
Coretta Scott King Award: 2016
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The Giver - Lois Lowry
Genre: Young Adult Fiction; Dystopian novel; Science fiction
Copyright: Houghton Mifflin
Synopsis: It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas.
Newbery Medal Winner: 1994
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Rapunzel - Paul O. Zelinsky
Genre: Children’s picture book
Copyright: Dutton Press
Synopsis: Rapunzel is a fairy tale about the love between a young prince and a girl with long, blond hair that conquered all of the Witch’s evil intentions. They were persistent in their intentions on being happy together, and the Witch was their biggest obstacle. Years passed by, and their love grew stronger.
Caldecott Medal Winner: 1998
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The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Genre: Dystopian; Adventure; Science Fiction; Drama; Action
Copyright: Scholastic
Synopsis: In what was once North America, the Capital of Panem maintains its hold on its 12districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remains. Distruct 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love.
What two content areas could you utilize this piece of literature?
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
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The Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fantasy; Drama; Young Adult Fiction; Mystery; Thriller
Copyright: Scholastic
Synopsis: A boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents’ mysterious deaths.
What two content areas could you use this piece of literature?
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
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Smoky Night - Eve Bunting
Genre: Children’s picture book
Copyright: Harcourt
Synopsis: It tells the story of a Los Angeles riot and its aftermath through the eyes of a young boy named Daniel. The ongoing fires and looting force neighbors who previously disliked each other to work together to find their cats.
What two content areas could you utilize this piece of literature?
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
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In the Night Kitchen - Maurice Sendak
Genre: Children’s literature
Copyright: Harper & Row
Synopsis: A young boy named Mickey sleeps in his bed when he is disturbed by noise on a lower floor. Suddenly, he begins to float, and all of his clothes disappear as he drifts into a surreal world called the “Night Kitchen”. He falls into a giant mixing pot that contains the batter for the “morning cake”.
What two content areas could you utilize this piece of literature?
- English Language Arts
- Arts
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Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
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Copyright: Covici Friede
Synopsis: George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers, move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.
In what two content areas could you utilize this piece of literature?
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
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If I Stay - Gayle Forman
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Copyright: Dutton Penguin
Synopsis: Mia is a 17-year-old girl who is faced with tough choices. She has been to an audition for Julliard and is waiting on whether she has been accepted of not. But then, one morning, Mia and her family go out for a drive and everything changes... She now only has one choice: life, or death.
Type of Contemporary Realistic Fiction: Problem Novel
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Genre: Young Adult; Epistolary
Copyright: Pocket Books (original cover)
Synopsis: Charlie is a sensitive 15-year-old boy who is writing letters to an unknown recipient. Through those letters, Charlie discusses his first year of high school where he meets Patrick and Sam who he quickly develops a crush for. What does Charlie write to his secret recipient about?
Type of Contemporary Realistic Fiction: Problem Novel
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Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Genre: Young Adult
Copyright: RazorBill
Synopsis: Hannah Baker is a classmate of Clay Jensen who recently committed suicide. She left tapes behind that were sent to various people, and now Clay has them in his possession. Will Clay listen to all of the tapes? Or will he do something else with the tapes that Hannah did not want him to?
Type of Contemporary Realistic Fiction: Problem Novel
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The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
Genre: Young Adult Novel; Realistic Fiction
Copyright: Dutton Books
Synopsis: Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16-year-old girl with cancer who is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old amputee. Will the two teenagers live a long full life together, or will their health get the best of them?
Type of Contemporary Realistic Fiction: Problem novel
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Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Copyright: Scholastic Inc.
Synopsis: Stargirl has always been homeschooled up until now. She will be starting school as Mica High in 10th grade, where a boy named Leo will be starting her 11th grade. At first, everyone seems to like Stargirl, but then she is being mocked for everything that makes her different. Leo, who is desperately in love with her, tells her to become to very thing that could destroy her: be normal.
Type of Contemporary Realistic Fiction: School and Family Novel
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Genre: Children’s fiction
Copyright: Macmillan
Synopsis: Alice notices a White Rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch and decides to follow it down a rabbit hole. She falls a long way into a curious hall with many locked doors. Throughout her adventures, Alice meets various animals, and is constantly being challenged in her new environment.
Independent activity: Have the students create a character map in order for them to differentiate all of the characters Alice meets throughout the story.
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Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Genre: Children’s novel
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Synopsis: India Opal Buloni moved into a trailer park in Naomi, Florida with her father. While in the Winn-Dixie supermarker, Opal sees a dog wrecking the store, which she claims to be hers even if it is not, and takes it home. The story continues along side Opal and Winn-Dixie.
Independent activity: Gloria Dump has a tree filled with empty bottles that represent her past mistakes linked with alcoholism. Students will then take plastic bottle, add some paint, and shake the bottle to cover the inside with paint. Then, on a piece of paper, students will write a past mistake or regret they have and place it inside the bottle. The bottle will then be hung up above their desk, and when the school year will end, the students will take their bottle, and reread what they had written on their piece of paper.
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