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Radical reads : 101 YA novels on the edge / Joni Richards Bodart.
Van Pelt Library PS374.Y57 B63 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bodart, Joni Richards.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Books and reading--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Books and reading.
- United States.
- Young adult fiction, American--Bibliography.
- Young adult fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 376 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Bodart, long known as the reigning queen of booktalking, has identified 101 engaging, tough, and well-written books and presents them in a way that will help the librarian defend their presence in the library or classroom, the parent who wants to know what their child is reading, and the teen who is looking for a 'Rad Read.' Naturally, there is a booktalk to pique interest and give away just enough of the story. Entries also include character lists and sections on subject areas and major themes. Bodart also provides a number of booktalk and book report ideas. Her section on 'risks' will alert adults to mature themes, while her section on 'strengths' will help defend these books against their critics. The author has also included awards won and a section of book reviews, which will be useful for both adult and student.
- Contents:
- Tips for Writing Effective Book Reports xv
- Tips for Writing Effective Booktalks xvii
- Section 1 Am I Blue? to Burning Up
- Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence 1
- Are You Alone on Purpose? 5
- Asylum for Nightface 8
- Babylon Boyz 11
- Bad 15
- Bat 6 18
- Bee & Jacky 22
- The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer 24
- Blackwater 27
- Blood and Chocolate 29
- The Body of Christopher Creed 33
- Boys Lie 36
- Breaking Boxes 39
- Breaking Rank 42
- Breathing Underwater 45
- Bruises 49
- The Buffalo Tree 52
- Burger Wuss 55
- Buried Onions 57
- Burning Up 60
- Section 2 Chinese Handcuffs to Forged by Fire
- Chinese Handcuffs 65
- Crazy Jack 69
- Dancing on the Edge 71
- Dare, Truth, or Promise 74
- Deep Waters 77
- A Door Near Here 79
- Dovey Coe 82
- Downsiders 85
- Dreamland 88
- Drive 91
- Eight Seconds 93
- The Empress of Elsewhere 96
- Every Time a Rainbow Dies 99
- Facing the Music 102
- The Facts Speak for Themselves 104
- Fair Game 107
- Fighting Ruben Wolfe 111
- The Fool Reversed 113
- Forged by Fire 116
- Section 3 Give A Boy a Gun to Nobody Else Has to Know
- Give a Boy a Gun 121
- Hard Love 126
- Hate You 129
- Heroes 132
- Holes 135
- Honor Bright 138
- Ironman 141
- Jumping the Nail 144
- The Killer's Cousin 147
- Kissing Doorknobs 150
- Learning to Swim 153
- Life in the Fat Lane 156
- Life Is Funny 159
- Like Sisters on the Homefront 163
- Make Lemonade 166
- Monster 169
- The Music of Dolphins 172
- Nobody Else Has to Know 175
- Section 4 On the Fringe to Swallowing Stones
- On the Fringe 179
- Ordinary Miracles 183
- Out of the Dust 186
- Over the Wall 189
- Paper Trail 192
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower 194
- Plague Year 197
- Playing Solitaire 200
- Rats Saw God 203
- Romiette and Julio 206
- Rules of the Road 209
- Rundown 212
- The Sacrifice 215
- Saying It Out Loud 218
- Shade's Children 220
- Silent to the Bone 223
- Slot Machine 226
- Smack 229
- Speak 233
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes 236
- Stones in Water 239
- Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy 242
- Stuck in Neutral 245
- Swallowing Stones 247
- Section 5 The Taking of Room 114 to Wringer
- The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems 251
- Tangerine 254
- Tenderness 257
- The Terrorist 260
- Tomorrow, when the War Began 263
- Tunes for Bears to Dance To 267
- Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories about Guns 270
- Vanishing 274
- Virtual War 276
- Whale Talk 279
- What Jamie Saw 283
- What's in a Name? 285
- When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune 289
- When She Hollers 292
- When She Was Good 295
- Whirligig 298
- Whistle Me Home 301
- The White Horse 304
- Wild Side 307
- Wringer 309
- Appendix 1 Censorship: What It Is, Why It Is, and How to Deal with It 315
- Appendix 2 How to Write a Rationale 321
- Appendix 3 Sources of Support for Resisting Censorship 331.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-336) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0810842874
- OCLC:
- 48674589
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