Helpful Books for this Course
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course:
Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century - Pamela Cole
ISBN/ISSN: 0073525936
Required Text (YA Options)
Critical Literacy: Enhancing Students' Comprehension of Text - Maureen McLaughlin, Glenn L. DeVoogd
ISBN/ISSN: 0439628040
Literature Selections: African American
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN/ISSN: 0385323069
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers - Javaka Steptoe
ISBN/ISSN: 1880000318
Monster - Walter Dean Myers
ISBN/ISSN: 0060280778
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: Asian
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Tangled threads: a Hmong girl's story - Pegi Deitz Shea
ISBN/ISSN: 0618247483
Literature Selections: Biography
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Lincoln: A Photobiography - Russell Freedman
ISBN/ISSN: 0899193803
(YA Options)
All About Authors (and Illustrators)
Need info about an author/illustrator?
The Arne Nixon Center website's Authors page contains links to various authors's websites and information.
If you need more information, or cannot find the author/illustrator that you need, check out the Center's Something About the Author books.
Literature Selections: Fantasy
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Redwall - Brian Jacques
ISBN/ISSN: 0399214240
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: Graphic Novels
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
ISBN/ISSN: 1596431520
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: Historical Fiction
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Bread and Roses Too - Katherine Paterson
ISBN/ISSN: 0618654798
Literature Selections: Illustrations
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
The Sweetest Fig - Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN/ISSN: 0395673461
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg - D. B. Johnston
ISBN/ISSN: 0395968674
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: International
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Homeless Bird - Gloria Whelan
ISBN/ISSN: 0060284544
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind - Suzanne Fisher Staples
ISBN/ISSN: 0440238560
(YA Options)
(multiple copies & editions available)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - Marjane Satrapi
ISBN/ISSN: 0375422307
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: Latino
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
The Upside Down Boy - Juan Felipe Herrera
ISBN/ISSN: 0892391626
The Circuit - Francisco Jimenez
ISBN/ISSN: 0826317979
(multiple copies & editions available)
Buried Onions - Gary Soto
ISBN/ISSN: 0152013334
(YA Options)
Literature Selections: Realistic Fiction
List of books available at the Center that are recommended for this course's Literature Selections:
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - Jack Gantos
ISBN/ISSN: 0374336644
Ironman - Chris Crutcher
ISBN/ISSN: 068813503X
(YA Options)
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