The Verse Novel In Young Adult Literature

Author : Brenna Friesner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442272453

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The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature by Brenna Friesner Pdf

Throughout history, the verse novel has persisted as a modest but noteworthy literary subgenre, from classic works like Eugene Onegin to contemporary volumes by Vikram Seth, Dorothy Porter, and Derek Walcott. In particular, the verse novel has emerged as a popular form for young adult readers, such as the Newbery Medal winner Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. As this unique form continues to flourish, it merits closer examination. In The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature, Brenna Friesner explores both the history and current use of the verse novel in teen fiction. Examining more than 220 titles written over the last few decades, Friesner discusses the verse novel’s evolution, analyzes key works, and considers how these novels can grapple with content that distinguishes them from traditional fiction. Though this study includes volumes written throughout history, its focus on contemporary novels further demonstrates the form’s relevance for today’s teens. By explaining its current popularity, this book acknowledges the verse novel’s potential to provide accessible, authentic stories for young adults to enjoy. The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature will be of interest to librarians and teachers, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about this burgeoning aspect of young adult literature.

Author : Brenna Friesner
Publisher : Studies in Young Adult Literature
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Novels in verse
ISBN : 1442272449

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The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature by Brenna Friesner Pdf

Examining more than 120 titles, this book discusses the history of verse novels, analyzes key works, and considers how this increasingly popular sub-genre of young adult fiction can grapple with content that distinguishes it from traditional fiction for teens.

Author : Thanhha Lai
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780702251177

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Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Pdf

Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.

Author : Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294560

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Teaching Young Adult Literature by Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites Pdf

Thanks to the success of franchises such as The Hunger Games and Twilight, young adult literature has reached a new level of prominence and popularity. Teens and adults alike are drawn to the genre's coming-of-age themes, fast pacing, and vivid emotional portrayals. The essays in this volume suggest ways high school and college instructors can incorporate YA texts into courses in literature, education, library science, and general education. The first group of essays explores key issues in YA literature, situates works in cultural contexts, and addresses questions of text selection and censorship. The second section discusses a range of genres within YA literature, including both realistic and speculative fiction as well as verse narratives, comics, and film. The final section offers ideas for assignments, including interdisciplinary and digital projects, in a variety of courses.

Author : Sonya Sones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442493858

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What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones Pdf

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

Author : Safia Elhillo
Publisher : Make Me a World
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593177082

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Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.

Author : Steven Herrick
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780702258992

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Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair by Steven Herrick Pdf

A special reissue of a bestselling Australian classic from award-winning author Steven Herrick.Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He’s obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He’s also obsessed with a ghost ...There’s a ghost in our housein a red evening dress,black stockingsand Mum’s slingback shoes.Her hair whispersover white shouldersas she dances through the rooms.A bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief, Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.‘Sad, funny, moving and thoughtful.’ - Magpies

Author : David Elliott
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781328698933

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Bull by David Elliott Pdf

Much like Lin-Manuel Miranda did in Hamilton, the New York Times best-selling author David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur. A rough, rowdy, and darkly comedic young adult retelling in verse, which NPR called “beautifully clever,” Bull will have readers reevaluating one of mythology's most infamous monsters. SEE THE STORY OF THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT Minos thought he could Pull a fast one On me, Poseidon! God of the Sea! But I’m the last one On whom you Should try such a thing. The nerve of that guy. The balls. The audacity. I AM THE OCEAN! I got capacity! Depths! Darkness! Delphic power! So his sweet little plan Went big-time sour And his wife had a son Born with horns and a muzzle Who ended up In an underground puzzle. What is it with you mortals? You just can’t seem to learn: If you play with fire, babies, You’re gonna get burned.

Author : Davina Bell
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781925923353

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The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell Pdf

A breathtakingly original novel about love and destruction, from an award-winning Australian children’s author.

Author : Jasmine Warga
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062747822

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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga Pdf

New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book! A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US—and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity she’s never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises—there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.

Author : Stefanie Markovits
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198718864

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The Victorian Verse-novel by Stefanie Markovits Pdf

The Victorian Verse-Novel: Aspiring to Life considers the rise of a hybrid generic form, the verse-novel, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Such poems combined epic length with novelistic plots in the attempt to capture not a heroic past but the quotidian present. Victorian verse-novels also tended to be rough-mixed, their narrative sections interspersed with shorter, lyrical verses in varied measures. In flouting the rules of contemporary genre theory, which saw poetry as the purview of the eternal and ideal and relegated the everyday to the domain of novelistic prose, verse-novels proved well suited to upsetting other hierarchies, as well, including those of gender and class. The genre's radical energies often emerge from the competition between lyric and narrative drives, between the desire for transcendence and the quest to find meaning in what happens next; the unusual marriage plots that structure such poems prove crucibles of these rival forces. Generic tensions also yield complex attitudes towards time and space: the book's first half considers the temporality of love, while its second looks at generic geography through the engagement of novels in verse with Europe and the form's transatlantic travels. Both well-known verse-novels (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Arthur Hugh Clough's Amours de Voyage, Coventry Patmore's The Angel in the House) and lesser-known examples are read closely alongside a few nearly related works (Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book). An Afterword traces the verse-novel's substantial influence on the modernist novel.

Author : Eliza T. Dresang
Publisher : H. W. Wilson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015048936192

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Radical Change by Eliza T. Dresang Pdf

Proposing a conceptual framework for evaluating "hand-held" books, Dresang (information studies, Florida State U.) explains how books are changing along with developments in digital information and how librarians, teachers, and parents can recognize and use books to create connections for and among young people using digital concepts and designs that emphasize multilayered, nonlinear stories and information. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ryan G. Van Cleave
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802722614

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Unlocked by Ryan G. Van Cleave Pdf

Fourteen-year old Andy is the janitor's son, and an outcast. It's rumored that formerly popular Blake, who has become a loner since his dad's death, has a gun hidden in his locker, and beautiful, unattainable Becky Ann wants to see it. In order to impress her, Andy steals the keys from his dad and opens up Blake's locker, but the gun isn't there. A friendship develops between the two loners, and Blake shares most of his secrets with Andy, including the gun. But there's one secret that worries Andy more than anything-the date circled on Blake's calendar. Does Blake have something planned? Something that Andy can prevent?

Author : Jane Ellen Panton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590751838

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Listen! Poems by Jane Ellen Panton Pdf

Author : Lisa Schroeder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442443990

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Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder Pdf

Very good friends, her poetry notebooks, and a mysterious "ninja of nice" give 17-year-old Rae the strength to face her mother's neglect, her stepfather's increasing abuse, and a new boyfriend's obsessiveness.