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An Update on TeachYALit.com

Slowly but surely, we're ramping up some content for TeachYALit.com - The YA Lit Review. Here's what's happening so far:

 

  • Searching old hard drives for a rationales I wrote for teaching certain books and genres that will go up soon.
  • I'm about halfway through Cory Doctorow's excellent Little Brother, which will be reviewed very soon.
  • I'm about a quarter finished with writing a review of Rebecca Stead's excellent When You Reach Me, which will be posted as soon as I've finished writing it.
  • Trying to keep abreast of and post news and notes relevant to YA lit, such as The Guardian's list of Top 10 Banned Books in American schools and libraries.
  • There's a list of books I plan to have reviewed on the website as soon as I can. Some of them I'm currently reading, some I've recently read, and some I'll need to read all over again to be fresh enough to write a decent review. But they're coming.

 

In the spirit of full disclosure, I should let you know that by "we" above, I mean "I." Let me know if you'd like to help by contributing reviews, lesson plans, or general suggestions for the site and its content.

On Banned Books

LOOK! New Website Devoted to Young Adult Literature

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