Pam B. Cole is a Distinguished Professor of English Education and Literacy and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. She is author of Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century, published by McGraw-Hill Publishers. Recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and professional service, her work has been published widely in English language arts and reading journals and books, including The ALAN Review, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Voices from the Middle, and SIGNAL Journal. She has served as a reviewer of young adult literature for The ALAN Review, SIGNAL Journal, and The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. She is a past president/chair of SIGNAL and has served as executive board member and editor of SIGNAL Journal.  She has served as a member of NCTE’s Commission on the Study and Teaching of Young Adult Literature and as state representative for ALAN. She has also served as vice-president for the Georgia Council of Teachers of English (GCTE) and state conference coordinator. She currently serves as ALAN Picks Book Review Editor for ALAN.

 

 

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Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century

(2009 @ McGraw-Hill Publishers)

 

Young Adult Literature is an in-depth literature survey that also models how to teach literature and reading to middle school and high school students. The first three chapters familiarize teacher candidates with the reading process of teens, discuss teen attitudes toward reading, and examine their interests and reading abilities. The genre chapters (Chapters 4-13) discuss genre characteristics and themes, survey young adult literature within the genre category, and examine relevant young adult literature in terms of style and structure. Each of the genre chapters also includes selections to illustrate methods for teaching reading to all learners - including methods that focus on writing skills - and provides the teacher candidate with additional resources in the field of young adult literature.

What critics are saying....

..."a tour de force"--Susan Patron, YA novelist

..."If all textbooks were written like this, maybe more students would actually read the chapters."--Robert Redmon, Midwestern State University

..."hands down the best YA literature book on the market!"--Suzanna Rose, Slippery Rock University

..."I find this text to be stronger than any I have ever seen for the YA lit course."--Jim Matthews, Fairmont State University

Table of Contents

Ch 1: Adolescence: Defining Moments	Ch 8: Science Fiction & Fantasy (Reading Skills: Visualizing & Vocabulary)
Ch 2: The Young Adult Reader	Ch 9: Short Stories, Poetry, & Drama (Reading Skill: Building Fluency)
Ch 3: Trends & Issues in Young Adult Literature	Ch 10: Nonfiction, Autobiographies, Biographies, Diaries, & Memoirs (Reading Skills: Text Structure & Summarizing)
Ch 4: Realistic Fiction (Reading Skill: Making Connections)	Ch 11: The Classical Canon & Young Adult Literature (Reading Skill: Synthesizing)
Ch 5: Romance, Humor, & Sports (Reading Skill: Questioning)	Ch 12: The Popular Culture Influence by Faith H. Wallace
Ch 6: Historical Fiction (Reading Skills: Monitoring & Clarifying)	Ch 13: YA Literature & Writing: Motivating Young Writers in the Real World by Jamaes Blasingame
Ch 7: Mysteries, Thrillers, & Horror (Reading Skills: Inferential Thinking and Predicting)	Appendices

 

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