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Adaptation in Young Adult Novels

Author : Dana E. Lawrence,Amy L. Montz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501361791

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Adaptation in Young Adult Novels by Dana E. Lawrence,Amy L. Montz Pdf

Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels – from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones – adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity.

Adaptation in Young Adult Novels

Author : Dana E. Lawrence,Amy L. Montz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501361784

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Adaptation in Young Adult Novels by Dana E. Lawrence,Amy L. Montz Pdf

Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels – from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones – adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity.

Seventeenth Summer

Author : Maureen Daly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416994633

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Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly Pdf

Seventeen-year-old Angie, who lives with her family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, finds herself in love for the first time the summer after high school graduation.

Adaptation

Author : Malinda Lo
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316214469

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Adaptation by Malinda Lo Pdf

Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of travelers are stranded. Among them are Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush David, who are in Arizona when the disaster occurs. On their drive home to San Francisco, along a stretch of empty highway in the middle of the Nevada night, a bird flies into their headlights. The car flips over. When they wake up in a military hospital, the doctor won't tell them what happened, where they are--or how they've been miraculously healed. Things become even stranger when Reese returns home. San Francisco feels like a different place with police enforcing curfew, hazmat teams collecting dead birds, and a strange presence that seems to be following her. When Reese unexpectedly collides with the beautiful Amber Gray, her search for the truth is forced in an entirely new direction-and threatens to expose a vast global conspiracy that the government has worked for decades to keep secret. Adaptation is a bold contemporary science-fiction thriller from the acclaimed author of Ash.

Critical Survey of Young Adult Literature

Author : Amy Pattee
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 1619259710

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Critical Survey of Young Adult Literature by Amy Pattee Pdf

Provides thoughtful examination of the authors, works, genres, themes and film adaptations that have contributed to the popularity and success of the young adult genre.

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)

Author : Bryan Stevenson
Publisher : Ember
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525580065

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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson Pdf

Bryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson. In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so"--renowned lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom as the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. Stevenson's story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society--the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to charity to help in Stevenson's important work to benefit the voiceless and the vulnerable as they attempt to navigate the broken U.S. justice system. A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE FEATURED ON CBS THIS MORNING A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PRAISE FOR JUST MERCY: A TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE: "It's really exciting that young people are getting a version tailored for them." --Salon "A deeply moving collage of true stories. . . . This is required reading." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Compassionate and compelling, Stevenson's narrative is also unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review PRAISE FOR JUST MERCY: A STORY OF JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION: "Gripping. . . . What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation." --DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate "Important and compelling." --Pulitzer Prize-winning author TRACY KIDDER "Inspiring and powerful." --#1 New York Times bestselling author JOHN GRISHAM

Unbroken

Author : Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Long-distance runners
ISBN : 0606398678

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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Pdf

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this riveting biography includes more than 100 black-and-white photos. On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a sli

The Beast Is an Animal

Author : Peternelle van Arsdale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 9781481488419

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The Beast Is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale Pdf

Raised by strict, devout people after soul eaters attacked her village and spared only the children, Alys grows up longing for the freedom of the forest while hiding a gift that would mark her as a witch.

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613128626

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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler Pdf

Octavia E. Butler’s bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butler’s mysterious and moving story, which spans racial and gender divides in the antebellum South through the 20th century. Butler’s most celebrated, critically acclaimed work tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre–Civil War South. As she time-travels between worlds, one in which she is a free woman and one where she is part of her own complicated familial history on a southern plantation, she becomes frighteningly entangled in the lives of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder and one of Dana’s own ancestors, and the many people who are enslaved by him. Held up as an essential work in feminist, science-fiction, and fantasy genres, and a cornerstone of the Afrofuturism movement, there are over 500,000 copies of Kindred in print. The intersectionality of race, history, and the treatment of women addressed within the original work remain critical topics in contemporary dialogue, both in the classroom and in the public sphere. Frightening, compelling, and richly imagined, Kindred offers an unflinching look at our complicated social history, transformed by the graphic novel format into a visually stunning work for a new generation of readers.

Children's Books on the Big Screen

Author : Meghann Meeusen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496828668

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Children's Books on the Big Screen by Meghann Meeusen Pdf

In Children’s Books on the Big Screen, Meghann Meeusen goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pattern across films for young viewers, Meeusen proposes that a consistent trend can be found in movies adapted from children’s and young adult books: that representations of binaries such as male/female, self/other, and adult/child become more strongly contrasted and more diametrically opposed in the film versions. The book describes this as binary polarization, suggesting that starker opposition between concepts leads to shifts in the messages that texts send, particularly when it comes to representations of gender, race, and childhood. After introducing why critics need a new way of thinking about children’s adapted texts, Children’s Books on the Big Screen uses middle-grade fantasy adaptations to explore the reason for binary polarization and looks at the results of polarized binaries in adolescent films and movies adapted from picture books. Meeusen also digs into instances when multiple films are adapted from a single source such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and ends with pragmatic classroom application, suggesting teachers might utilize this theory to help students think critically about movies created by the Walt Disney corporation. Drawing from numerous popular contemporary examples, Children’s Books on the Big Screen posits a theory that can begin to explain what happens—and what is at stake—when children’s and young adult books are made into movies.

The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)

Author : Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher : Ember
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781984894052

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The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates Pdf

Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates. As a child, Ta-Nehisi Coates was seen by his father, Paul, as too sensitive and lacking focus. Paul Coates was a Vietnam vet who'd been part of the Black Panthers and was dedicated to reading and publishing the history of African civilization. When it came to his sons, he was committed to raising proud Black men equipped to deal with a racist society, during a turbulent period in the collapsing city of Baltimore where they lived. Coates details with candor the challenges of dealing with his tough-love father, the influence of his mother, and the dynamics of his extended family, including his brother "Big Bill," who was on a very different path than Ta-Nehisi. Coates also tells of his family struggles at school and with girls, making this a timely story to which many readers will relate.

The Da Vinci Code (The Young Adult Adaptation)

Author : Dan Brown
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781524715823

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The Da Vinci Code (The Young Adult Adaptation) by Dan Brown Pdf

Dan Brown’s mega-bestseller is now available for a new generation of readers. This young adult adaptation is the perfect way to get ready for Origin, the latest novel featuring the character Robert Langdon. It will remind fans everywhere why the New York Times calls The Da Vinci Code “blockbuster perfection.” Includes over twenty color photos showing important locations, landmarks, and artwork, taking readers from Paris to London and beyond! The greatest conspiracy of the past two thousand years is about to unravel. Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbology at Harvard, is in Paris to give a lecture. At the reception that follows, he is scheduled to meet with a revered curator from the world-famous Louvre museum. But the curator never shows up, and later that night Langdon is awakened by authorities and told that the curator has been found dead. He is then taken to the Louvre—the scene of the crime—where he finds out that baffling clues have been left behind. Thus begins a race against time, as Robert Langdon becomes a suspect and, with the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, must decipher a mystifying trail of clues that the two come to realize have been left specifically for them. If Robert and Sophie cannot solve the puzzle in time, an ancient truth could be lost forever—and they themselves might end up as collateral damage. Praise for the adult edition of The Da Vinci Code “WOW . . . Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops.”—The New York Times “A new master of smart thrills. A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.”—People

Life in Motion

Author : Misty Copeland,Brandy Colbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481479806

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Life in Motion by Misty Copeland,Brandy Colbert Pdf

Determination meets dance in this middle grade adaptation of the New York Times bestselling memoir by the first female African-American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history, Misty Copeland. Misty Copeland has been breaking down all kinds of barriers in the world of dance, becoming the first African-American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. But when she first started dancing--at the late age of thirteen--no one would have guessed the shy, underprivileged girl would one day make history in her field. Her road to excellence was not easy. A challenging home life was a stark contrast to the control and comfort she found on stage. And when her home life and incredible dance promise began to clash, Misty had to learn to stand up for herself and navigate complex relationships with her family and the dance world, while pursuing her ballet dreams. Life in Motion is a story for all the kids who dare to be different, dream bigger, and aspire to break stereotypes in whatever they do.

Shakespeare for Young People

Author : Abigail Rokison
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441125569

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Shakespeare for Young People by Abigail Rokison Pdf

Comprehensive overview of productions, versions and adaptations of Shakespeare for children and young people

The Merchant of Death

Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416936251

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The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale Pdf

Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant 14- year-old boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest.