The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists: 100 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Teens

312 Pages·2006·1.3 MB·English

by  Nancy J. Keane

The Big Book of Teen Readi ng Lists

The Big Book of Teen Read ing Lists

100 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for
Ed u ca tors, Li brar i ans, Par ents, and Teens

Nancy J. Keane

Westport, Conn ecti c ut • Lond on
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Keane, Nancy J.
The big book of teen readi ng lists : 100 great, ready-to-use book lists for edu c at ors, lib rari a ns, pare nts,
and teens / by Nancy J. Keane.
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Inc ludes bibl iog raphi c al refe re nces and ind ex.
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1. Teena ge rs—Books and readi ng—United States. 2. Young adults’ lib rari es—Book lists. 3. High
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Con tents
In tro duc tion..................................................................xi
Part 1: Gen res....................................................................1
Nar ra tive Non fic tion for Young Adults.............................................3
Ac tion Fan tasy ................................................................7
Adult Fict ion Tit les for Young Adults..............................................9
Adult Non fict ion Tit les for Young Adults..........................................13
Based on a True Story .........................................................17
Clean Ro mance...............................................................20
E-mails and Blogs and IMs, Oh My! ..............................................23
Fairy Tale Vari a tions ..........................................................25
Fairy Tale Vari a tions Ar ranged by In di vid ual Tales ..................................27
Frac tured Fairy Tales ..........................................................29
Hip Hop Lite ra t ure............................................................32
Horr or......................................................................33
Hu mor......................................................................35
Hyb rid Lite ra t ure, Para ll el Nove ls: A Diff ere nt Pers pect ive ............................38
Jazz........................................................................43
Keep ing ’Em on Their Toes.....................................................45
Nove ls in Verse ..............................................................47
Short and Sweet ..............................................................51
Tearjerkers ..................................................................53
True Ad ven ture...............................................................57
Word less....................................................................59
Part 2: Char ac ters................................................................63
Ad ven ture with Fe male Pro tag o nists ..............................................65
Afr ic an Ameri c an Girls: Posi t ive Ima ge ...........................................67
Au thor Mem oirs..............................................................71
Bi ra cial Char ac ters............................................................73
Boy Bondi ng.................................................................75
Chick Lit with Mi nor ity Char act ers...............................................77
Fe male Quest Sto ries ..........................................................79
Fresh man Ex pe ri ence..........................................................83
Girls in Sports................................................................85
Gay, Les bian, Bi sex ual, Trans sex ual, and Ques tion ing................................87
Kindn ess of Strang ers..........................................................90
Ment al Illn ess................................................................92
Phys i cally Hand i capped........................................................94
Pol iti c ally Act ive .............................................................97
Roya lly Good Reads...........................................................99
Fan tasy Sheroes .............................................................101
Teen Ro mance with Af ri can Amer i can Char ac ters ..................................104
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Part 3: Books About Self..........................................................105
Af ter ef fects of Vi o lence.......................................................107
An ger .....................................................................110
Beati ng the Odds ............................................................113
Child Abuse: Emot ional, Physi c al, and Sex ual Abuse................................115
Comi ng of Age..............................................................117
Cutt ing ....................................................................118
Drug Abuse.................................................................119
Gangs .....................................................................122
Life in the Fat Lane: Books About Food Iss ues for Teens.............................125
Mak ing Choices .............................................................127
Mean ing of Life .............................................................130
Over com ing Pov erty..........................................................131
Per fec tion ism ...............................................................133
Road Trip ..................................................................134
Run aways..................................................................137
Search for Iden tity ...........................................................141
Self-Mut il at ion..............................................................143
Sur viv ing Peer Pres sure .......................................................145
Part 4: Set ting...................................................................147
Anc ient Civi l iz at ions .........................................................149
Civil War ..................................................................151
Dust Bowl..................................................................153
Ellis Isl and .................................................................155
Fron tier and Pi o neer Life......................................................157
Ho lo caust ..................................................................161
Life on the Home Front Dur ing World War II......................................163
Mid dle Ages................................................................165
South Asia and the South Asian Di asp ora .........................................168
Viet nam ese Con flict..........................................................172
Women’s La bor Movem ent ....................................................173
World War I ................................................................175
World War II ...............................................................177
Part 5: Sub jects .................................................................179
Al most Fa mous..............................................................181
Big Brother Is Watchi ng.......................................................183
Com mu nity Ser vice ..........................................................184
Com mu nity Ser vice as Pun ish ment ..............................................185
Crimi n ally Minded...........................................................186
Dat ing Abuse ...............................................................188
Ecowarriors.................................................................189
Ex treme Sports..............................................................191
Faeries and Far away Realms ...................................................194
Geno cide...................................................................196
Mat er ia li sm.................................................................197
Medi c al Thrille rs ............................................................198
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Peace......................................................................200
Pict ure Books About War......................................................204
Pir ates.....................................................................207
Quest iona ble Medi c al Ethi cs ...................................................209
Tatt ooi ng and Body Art .......................................................211
Vam pires...................................................................212
Vio l ence ...................................................................214
What’s Real? Books That Quest ion Our Rea li ty ....................................217
Wint er.....................................................................218
World Lit era t ure; Global Fict ion for Teens ........................................222
Part 6: Aud ie nce.................................................................225
Books That Changed the World.................................................227
Fat her-Son Book Club ........................................................229
(Books That Ap peal to) Goths ..................................................232
Non fic tion for Re luc tant Read ers................................................235
Read-Alouds for High School Stu dents...........................................239
Read-Alouds for Midd le School Stud ents .........................................241
Re luc tant Boy Read ers........................................................244
Re luc tant Girl Read ers........................................................247
Rom ance for Boy Read ers .....................................................250
Book marks......................................................................253
In dex ..........................................................................267
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