PROMOTION OF READING

PROMOTION OF READING

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN ENGLISH YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN ENGLISH YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN ENGLISH YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

DATE: MAY 30, 2012 DATE: MAY 30, 2012 DATE: MAY 30, 2012 DATE: MAY 30, 2012

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Young-adult books are books marketed to adolescents, roughly between the ages of 12 and 17, and usually feature main characters in that age range.

Ten actions for creating a reading culture

• Don’t judge the readers

• Offer a wide range of reading materials

• Provide time for discussion

• Give readers plenty of support

• Let readers read at their comfortable pace

• Let readers read at the level they can manage

• Allow time for browsing and re-reading

• Encourage readers to read with passion

• Motivate readers to to be in charge of their own reading lives

• JOY matters

Fiction Genres (by format)

• AutobiographiesChinese Cinderella

• Diaries and JournalsBridget Jones’s Diary/

Anne Frank, the diary of a young girl

• Graphic NovelsMaus/ Superman for all reasons

• Science Fiction & FantasyLord of the Rings/

I, Robot

• SatireAnimal Farm

• Short StoriesH.G. Wells short stories/

Rudyard Kipling short stories

Fiction Genres (by subject)

• Coming of AgeBridge to Terabithia

• Cult Books (Realistic novels)The outsider/ Generation X

• Mystery and detective StoriesThe curious incident of the dog in the night-time/ The Sherlock holmes stories/

• The FutureBrave New World/ Ender’s game

• Historical FictionThe kite runner/ the other Boleyn girl

• Horror and Ghost StoriesDracula/ Frankenstein

• Love, Sex and RelationshipsForever/ Doing it

• Pink LitGirls in Love/ Princess Diaries

• Race in YA FictionRoll of thunder, hear my cry/ the Helper/ Does my head look big in this

• SurvivalThe Hatchet/ Island of the blue dolphins

• War, Conflict & PeaceThe Boy in the striped pyjamas, The Book Thief/ Number the Stars

Coming of Age

• A story which stirs up the readers’ emotion;

• A story which leaves the readers with many questions to think about;

• A story which allows the readers to

explore their growing sense of identity.

Examples of Coming of Age titles

• This boy’s life by Tobias Wolff

• A boy’s own story by Edmund White

• Empire of the sun by J.G. Ballard

• The Go Between by L.P. Hartley

• A separate peace by John Knowles

• Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth

Cult Books (Realistic Novels)

• Books about forbidden or dangerous ways of life;

• They allow readers to learn about characters which could be crazy and reckless;

• They take the readers out of the comfort zone and show them all those riskiest things out there in the real world.

Examples of Cult Books

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

• A clockwise orange by Anthony Burgess

• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

• The outsider by S.E. Hinton

• Generation X by Douglas Coupland

• The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho

Love, Sex and Relationships

• As the title suggests, it deals with issues like first love and sexuality, which are of interest and concern to the teenage readers;

• The taboo issues are dealt with in a realistic, honest and usually unromantic way.

Doomed Love Tess of the d’urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Exploring Sexuality

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill

Strange Boy by Paul Magrs Orange are not the only fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

First Lo ve (o

r first sex…) Forever by Judy

Blume Doing It by Mervin

Burgess Lost an

d Found by Valerie M

endes

Pink Lit

• The 10-16-year-old version of adult chick lit;

• Recognizable by their bright-colored ‘girlie’

covers;

• Light and easy reading, providing leisurely escapism;

• Characters and situations are familiar and

easy to identify with;

Pink Lit (…continued)

• Realistic enough to deal with serious contemporary teenage girl issues; like relationships (esp. with the opposite sex), embarrassing parents, school life and friends;

• With an emphasis on the importance and affirmation of friendship;

• Wide appeal to many (even boys in secret);

• Dismissed by critics as trivial or facile.

Examples

• The sisterhood of the travelling pants by Ann Brashares

• Girls in Love series by Jacqueline Wilson

• Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dylan Sheldon

• LBD series by Grace Dent

Science Fiction & Fantasy

• Emerged from the traditional myth genre;

• Tangled with ghost stories, sci-fi, witches, supernatural monsters, legends and psychological archetypes;

• Full of adventure and cosmic issues;

• The common theme of which is the exploration of the human condition, and it involves the main characters to battle evil and restore justice;

• Classic fantasy genre: Homer / Beowulf;

• Modern fantasy genre founded by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings;

• Recognizable by its dark and mystic cover.

Popular teen fantasy authors

• Susan Cooper

• Alan Garner

• Robert Holdstock

• Robert Silverberg

• Philip Pullman

• Terry Pratchett

• Tanith Lee

• Mervyn Peake

• Diana Wynne Jones

• Brian Jacques

• Stephen King

Why is fantasy immensely popular Why is fantasy immensely popular

among young adult readers?

among young adult readers?

Fantasy IS escapism.

Fantasy IS escapism.

Its purpose is to take the everyday, Its purpose is to take the everyday,

commonplace world, commonplace world,

turn it around turn it around

and show it from a new perspective.

and show it from a new perspective.

Are young readers, Are young readers, living in such serious and living in such serious and

scary times, scary times, eager to escape eager to escape into a fantastic other world?

into a fantastic other world?

The attractive features of fantasy

Fantasy is very popular because it's like playing out a story.

They offer very immersive worlds with highly developed plots and characters, stunning graphics,

and tons of secrets and hidden side quests that expand on the appeal of an already solid main storyline.

Readers love the good guys and hate and fear the bad guys.

Each new plot brings a new world with new characters, readers don't get tired of the same stories told over and over again in a slightly different setting.

Theme in Fiction

• Theme is why fiction matters, because it is the quality that gives the story a universal appeal.

• Theme enriches and inspires the readers while saying something profound about the human condition.

• Theme is timeless, because there is no time restraint.

• Theme is not the characters or the plot. (A writer may begin with the idea of exploring family relationships, but his theme is forgiveness and understanding.)

POPULAR AUTHORS

Orson Scott Card 12

J.K. Rowling 11

Cornelia Funke 10

Mike Lupica 9

Rick Riordan 8

Christopher Paolini 7

Stephenie Meyer 6

Sarah Dessen 5

Suzanne Collins 4

Meg Cabot 3

Eoin Colfer 2

Anthony Horowitz 1

Authors Authors Authors Authors

Popular Series

• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares

• The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S.

Lewis

• A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

• The Clique - Lisi Harrison

• A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle

Classics

• Animal Farm

• Lord of the Flies

• Anne of Green Gables

• Matilda

• The Charlie Chocolate Factory

• The Giver

Banned Books

Literature suppressed on

• Political grounds – My brother Sam is dead – 1984

– The grapes of wrath

• Religious grounds – The Age of Reason – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone – The Bible

• Sexual grounds – The Arabian nights – Forever – Sophie’s choice

• Social grounds

– Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl

– Brave new world – Captain underpants series – Catch-22

– The catcher in the rye – Go ask alice

Book Awards

United States Awards

• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

• Caldecott Medal

• The National Book Awards

• Newbery Medal

• Michael L. Printz Award

United Kingdom Awards

• Booktrust Teenage Prize

• Carnegie Medal

• Children's Laureate

• Costa Book Award [Formerly known as Whitbread]

• Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• Kate Greenaway Medal

International Awards

• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

• Hans Christian Andersen Awards

Explore the Online World of Young Adult Literature

• Readergirlz

www.readergirlz.com

• Reading Rants!

www.readingrants.org

• Skype-an-Author Network

http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com

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Reading Circles

• In groups of 5, S.1 students met regularly for 5 sessions under the guidance of a mentor who is a senior form student/ parent to discuss about a book they choose to read;

• Students are assigned different roles in the discussion session: Facilitator, Researcher, Story Mapper, Word Wizard and Summarizer;

• The mentors are trained and supervised by teachers/parents;

• Reading Circles Book Sets of multiple copies of 6 to 8 are available in the school library.

Resources for conducting Reading Circles

Literature Circles Resource Centre http://www.litcircles.org/

Literature Circles/ Reading Groups

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fictio n/classroom/class3.htm

Literature Circles_suggestions for planning literature circles, as well as charts for tracking http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/reading/li

terature_circles/