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Authors Dig into the Unreliable Narrator | SLJ Day of Dialog 2014
From L to R: Meg Wolitzer, Jodi Lynn Anderson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga.Moderator: Jennifer Thompson From classics like Lolita and Pride and Prejudice to films like The Usual...
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Unreliable narrators fascinate—but do they have to be likable to engage readers? Young Adult authors Jodi Lynn Anderson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga, and Meg Wolitzer share their...
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Young Adult Titles of Tragedy and Triumph | Fiction Grades 9 & Up
See our complete list of August 2014 SLJ Stars. Bassett, Kate. Words and Their Meanings. 360p. Flux. Sept. 2014. pap. $11.99. ISBN 9780738740294. Gr 9 Up –When 17-year-old Anna O’Malley’s “bruncle”...
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Novels in Verse, Literary Street Lit, and High-Interest Nonfiction | What’s...
Kekla Magoon’s How It Went Down (Holt, 2014), about a black teen who is shot by a white man, is especially timely with recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and just the right title for young adults...
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