Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-4758-5981-2 • Hardback • February 2021 • $78.00 • (£60.00)
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Leilya A. Pitre is assistant professor of English education at Southeastern Louisiana University. She works with secondary English education majors teaching methods courses, literary analysis, and young adult literature.
Mike P. Cook is associate professor of English education at Auburn University, where he works with pre-service teachers and graduate students. He teaches courses across the undergraduate and graduate ELA degree programs.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. Adolescence, Young Adult Literature, and Thematic Explorations
Chapter Two. From the Hero’s Quest to a Journey of Self-Discovery
Chapter Three. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Identity Exploration on the Way to Self-Discovery
Chapter Four. Good vs. Bad, Right vs. Wrong, and Other Choices
Chapter Five. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Examination of Good vs. Bad, Right vs. Wrong, and Other Choices
Chapter Six. Self-Perception and Being Oneself
Chapter Seven. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Developing a Positive Self-Perception
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
Pitre and Cook have significantly added to the body of texts that discuss the value of using YA in the secondary English Language Arts classroom. These authors realize that two debates will continue: 1) Are universal themes universal? and 2) Does YA Literature belong in the classroom? Discussing both issues, they provide rationales for continuing to explore universal themes in the classroom through the inclusion of relevant, quality YA literature. Hurrah!
— Steven T. Bickmore, Associate Professor of English Education, University of Nevada Las Vegas; curator, Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday Blog
This book helps me envision readers actively engaged in grappling with important literary themes through activities involving art, poetry, performance, media production, and creative writing. It offers a consistent structure complete with weekly calendars, while also offering students freedom of thought and expression as they apply what they learn from characters to their own identity construction, as well as to decisions about what and how they want to be in the world.
— Sharon Kane, professor of literacy; former middle school reading teacher, State University of New York, Oswego; author of "Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines", 4th edition