Hey guys! Today the theme is back to school related, so I decided to do a list of books I'd make students read if I were to teach a young adult literature course! There's not exactly ten books, but there are ten topics and books I'd want people to read based on those topics.
Classic Contemporaries
Don't Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom // Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas // Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
LGBT+
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour // None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio // Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
The Future of Earth
After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga with Peter Facinelli and Robert DeFranco // Feed by M.T. Anderson // Gone by Michael Grant
Poetic Novels/Novels That Are Written Beautifully
Dating Down by Stefanie Lyons // Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Video Games & The Digital World
Armada by Ernest Cline // Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
Historical Novels
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray // Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Graphic Novels
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang // Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Humor (because laughter is the best medicine)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray // Noggin by John Corey Whaley
Horror/Thrillers
172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad // Gated by Amy Christine Parker // Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
What if the government controlled your life?
Matched by Ally Condie // Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
What books would you let students read if you taught a YA lit class?
I would totally let students read Twilight and The Fault in Our Stars. :)
ReplyDeleteSome of these are on my TBR. I'd definitely enjoy your class :P
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
I'd probably let my students read All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven :)
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I have read none of these. I think I might fail your class. I would probably include best social media presence, and best self-published.
ReplyDeleteOooh very nice variety! Pretty much all are new to me ones in a sense, except for Anna Dressed in Blood! Great picks!
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I would love to take that class.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take that class.
ReplyDeleteI do own Revolution, need to read it soon. Anna Dressed in Blood was really good, I need to read the sequel. Also I can not believe that I haven read the Gone series , I always see those books and tell myself that I want them but I never bought them.
ReplyDeleteAfter the Red Rain sounds really good. http://justusbookblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-ten-tuesday-school-reads.html
I would love to take your class! :)
ReplyDeleteDena @ Batch of Books
This would be a fun class, why didn't I have a YA lit class lol? Don't Ever Change, Gated - some good stuff here. Plus graphic novels!
ReplyDeleteI've read Matched but not Uglies.
Where can I sign up for your class? :)
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