Lesesne, T. S. (2003). Making the match: The right book for the right reader at the right time, grades 4-12. Portland, Me: Stenhouse Publishers.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Textbook Analysis-Making the Match
Lesesne, T. S. (2003). Making the match: The right book for the right reader at the right time, grades 4-12. Portland, Me: Stenhouse Publishers.
The Scorpio Races
Stiefvater, M. (2011). The Scorpio Races. New
York, NY: Scholastic Press.
Printz list
Summary: In the island of Thisby there is a “Scorpio race” that is a special
race that is done every year in which men
ride Celtric water horses.
There are two different horse riders this year one is Sean Kendrick who is
a natural with the creatures and the other is a first female Kate Puck who
unwillingly is trying the race for the first time. Sean is sure he will win which will secure
him his very own water horse. Kate is
forced to race because if she wins her family will have a place to live, if not
they will be homeless. To top it off Sean and Kate begin to have mutual feelings
towards each other, but unfortunately the sad thing is they are also
competitors and only one racer can win. When
Sean sacrifices his winnings Kate arises victorious.
Strengths:
This book
deals with two different characters that meet the emotional development criteria’s. Puck is not your typical girl and actually
goes against the stereotypical female characters; she is going through different
emotions because she is trying to safe her family’s home but as well is feeling
something for her competitor. Sean in
the other hand also wants to win his fifth title, but wants to help Kate as
well. This book intended ages are 13-17
years of age.
Teacher Resources:
Author Maggie Stiefvater Website Link
Extras for the book "The Scorpions Race" Link
Preview Teaser of the book: "The Scorpio Races"
Other books by the Author:
Where things come back
Whaley, J. (2011). Where things come back. New
York: Simon and Schuster.
Printz list
Summary: Where things come back has a character by the
name of Cullen Witter who is welcomed by the unexpected death of his cousin who
dies of an overdose. Cullen attempts dating but is too heartbroken by the
sudden vanishing disappearance of his younger brother Gabriel. Cullen
eventually weds Ada but their marriage ends in separation because of the
shortage of love. The reappearance of his little brother Gabriel permits the
household potentially to be whole again.
Strengths:
Where things come back character Cullen meets the
criteria of emotional/mental development because he deals with a variety of
obstacles that don’t allow him to love anyone completely which makes this novel
overwhelmingly sad. The intended
audience for this book is readers of ages 14 and up.
Teacher Resources:
Awards
Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award
Winner of the 2012 William C. Morris Award
Winner of the 2012 William C. Morris Award
Other Book by the Author:
Eleanor and Park
Rowell, R.
(2013). Eleanor and Park. NY: Saint Martin Press.
Printz list
Summary: Eleanor
and Park, has a character named Eleanor who is a poor teenage girl with
several little siblings and an abusive stepfather.
She not knowing falls in love with Park who is a middle class biracial (Asian/White)
boy that she meets on a school bus ride to school. At first they are too embarrassed to admit
their feelings towards each other but, eventually they even go public with
their feelings. Unfortunately this ends
with Park violently striking Steve who is gossiping about Eleanor. Their connection
grows as Eleanor tries to survive with her tragic household circumstances. Her home life becomes unbearable and with the
help of Park and his father, she successfully runs away with her aunt and
uncle. At the end, she finally writes a
letter to Park to declare her love.
Strengths:
Eleanor and Park is a
novel that has characters dealing with several developmental criteria’s, even though
Eleanor is dealing with a dysfunctional home environment her also transitioning
into a woman. She is going through the
emotional/mental/physical developmental criteria’s that have her dealing with a
lot. Park is meets the criteria of physical/emotional with not understanding
why he is feeling like he is towards Eleanor in the beginning and not knowing
how to help her from her home environment.
This book recommended ages are from 13 and up.
Teacher Resources:
You Tube Book Trailer for "Eleanor & Park"
Author Rainbow Rowell Website Link
Other Books by the Author:
Going Bovine
Bray, L. (2009). Going Bovine. New York, NY: Delacorte Books
Printz list
Summary: Going Bovine has a character named Cameron Smith who desires to navigate through it all, as fast as he can. He wants everything to be done quickly his school, work, and even with his family because nobody has ever expected much of him. But, when his hallucinations betray him by telling him he will die soon, everything changes. Cameron is diagnosed with mad-cow disease and soon after that he is hospitalized. During his hospital stay he meets Dulcie, a pink-haired fairy who is part of his hallucinations. This fairy “Dulcie” informs Cameron that there is a cure, but they have to search for it. Their search includes video games with an obsessed dwarf and a Norse god that is trapped in a gnome’s body. Cameron traveling across America earns his cure by overpowering the wizard with the trumpet.
Strengths:
This
novel Going Bovine unique twisted
characters make this story meet the mental/emotional development criteria. Cameron not knowing the difference between
his hallucinations makes his illness overwhelmingly overcoming. The recommended readers for this book are
grades 8 and up.
Teacher Resources:
Other books by Author:
Midwinterblood
Printz List
Summary: Midwinterblood will take you through the centuries of many different lives including Eric and Merle; however the links between these lives are brittle and largely figurative. Erick and Merle survive through different lifetimes together and are even connected after death. They eventually both are killed together where their strong love connection is beyond death.
Strengths:
In the book Midwinterblood characters Eric and Merle meet the criteria of mental developmental stage because the relationship between them is much of a supernatural type of relationship. There attraction and love connection goes beyond life. Ages recommended for this book are 12 – 18 years of age.
Teacher Resources:
Other books by the Author:
We Were Liars
Lockhart, E. (2014). We were liars. New York: Delacorte.
2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
Summary: In We
Were Liars the character Candence Sinclaire Eastman tells her story by her
confusion, emotional, and dejected self. She is distinctive while suffering an awful
accident that unfortunately leaves her with migraines and memory damage. She
soon comprehends her grandfathers' home has been entirely transformed. This causes
her memory to eventually return. Cadence figures out she was part of the fire and
all the liars deceased. In the end, Cadence tips the "ghosts" to the ocean where
they finally vanish.
Strengths:
The intended audience of this book is readers ages
13 and up. This book meets the mental/emotional development because the
haunting portrayal of Candice leaves her free and longing her acceptance. She is displeased with the prejudices
surrounding her world. She is confused
until at the end you realize that they were only ghosts that they had actually
died in the fire.
Teacher Resources:
Other Books by the Author:
Roller Girl
Jamieson, V. (2015). Roller girl. New York: Dial Books.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2015-2016)
Summary: In “Roller Girl” the
main character is Astrid who is in the summer of beginning to transition into
middle school, 6th grade. Her mother decides to take her best
friend Nicole and her to go see a roller-derby game, and from there on her summer
changes. She decides she would join
roller-derby camp, and of course her best friend Nicole would too. But, to her surprise Nicole decides to take
dance classes instead. This broke Astrid’s
heart but, she tries to make the best out of her decision. Her being ditched by her best friend was not
as bad as she thought and she had an adventurous tough, fierce summer after all.
Strengths:
Roller girl meets the emotional/mental development
because Astrid was not ready to let go of her friendship with Nicole. She figured Nicole would not be part of her
life anymore because she did not want to join the roller-derby camp with
her. It also meets the Havighurst’s
theory of development because at the end she understands how even though
friends make different decisions at times that does not mean they are not your
friends anymore. Recommended ages for
this graphic novel start on 8 and up.
Teacher Resources:
· Themes that can be taught with this novel:
o Friendship
o Puberty
o Changes
o Sports
o Collaborative Group
o Effort
FREE-E-book from the making of Roller Girl
You Tube Video: Author Victoria Jamieson Summary of book "Roller Girl"
Author Victoria Jamieson Website Link
You Tube Video: Author Victoria Jamieson Summary of book "Roller Girl"
Other books by the Author:
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Doll Bones
Black, H. (2013). Doll bones. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Summary: In the novel Doll bones you will discover
Zachary Barlow who is forced by his father to grow up. His
father believes that he needs to end his make-believing, fantasy stories. To make matters worse his friends Poppy and
Alice always tend to tell and share their dreams with him. The dreams of Poppy are of the Great Queen,
who is a bone-china doll who curses anyone who displeases her. These dreams have started again, but not
wanting to disobey his parents he is torn.
Zachary decides to go on a quest with Alice and Poppy and find the truth
behind the Great Queen and stop this once and for all. At the end of the novel the three friends
decide to bury the doll, but promise to keep the story alive.
Strengths:
This novel meets the mental criteria because
Zachary he is a 12-year-old that still believes in this fantasy world inside
his head that he shares with his friends. He also thinks that the Great Queen does
in fact terrorize Alice and Poppy’s dreams.
The intended ages for this book are 10-14.
Teacher
Resources:
Other Books by the Author:
Winger
Smith, A. (2013). Winger. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Summary: In the “Winger”
you will meet narrator 14-year old Ryan Dean West who with Joe, Chas,
Casey, Nick and his best friend Annie will unfortunately deal with
terrifying environmental settings of bullying. Ryan does not how to deal with the fact that his dorm roommate
is actually the ruby team bully. His
love for Annie does not let him think straight.
When Joey is beaten to death by Casey and Nick, Ryan is left with not
knowing what to do. At the end, Ryan
does meet connect with Annie, but not the way he expectedly would have wanted
too. Ryan’s twisted narrated ending
leads you through the “reinventing” of him.
Strengths:
This novel meets the physical developmental stage
because Ryan is forced to grow up much faster that he should have been. This forces Ryan to witness and feel things
he is not ready to cope with. Book recommended
ages are from 12 and up.
Teacher
Resources:
·
Possible
Themes:
o
Bullying
o
Friendship
o
Understanding
Love
o
Death
o
Puberty
o
Identity
Issues
Other Books by the Author:
When You Reach Me
Stead, R., Gartner, K., (2009). When You Reach Me.
Summary: In the novel “When you reach me” you will meet sixth-graders Miranda, and her
friend Sal. They have a very close bond
until one day for no apparent reason, so it seems Sal gets punched in the face
by an unknown boy. Sal shuts Miranda out
of his life. Without Sal in who to
confide, strange things start occurring to her.
She starts receiving notes under her door. The notes make her think that she can stop
death from occurring until one day she thinks she is too late. At the end, Miranda discovers that the note
was meant for Sal to prevent him from dying which is what they actually did
stop.
Strengths:
Recommended ages for this book are from ages
8-12. This book meets the social
developmental stage because of friendships between Miranda and Sal. This book captures the good and evil that
sometimes friendships can encounter.
Friendships evolve over time and that allows friendships to prosper or
unfortunately break apart.
Teacher
Resources:
- Friendships
- Mystery
Author Rebecca Stead Website Link
Other books by the Author:
Awards for the book:
Winner of the John Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction
The Sledding Hill
Crutcher, C. (2005). The sledding hill. Waterville, Me: Thorndike Press.
Summary: In The
Sledding Hill novel, you will meet Eddie, who encounters a great loss and
feels miserable, when his father and his best friend pass away. Eddie does not know how to react when they
pass away and stops talking, he chooses to become mute. His best friend Billie’s soul remains in
Earth and wanders next to him and gives him hope over the deaths. Eddie’s mother desperately not knowing how to
help Eddie decides to join a church, the Red Brock Church. She seeks help for him and Eddie slowly
begins to talk again. Eddie starts
speaking again and only because he desires to defend the teachings of a novel
of Warren Peece. The ending of this
novel ends when Eddie makes new friends and even gets a girlfriend. After seeing Eddie become stronger, the soul
of Billy decides to say his final goodbye’s to Eddie forever.
Strengths: This novel meets the
emotional developmental criteria because Eddie at such a short-age has to cope
with life’s tragedies. This book also
meets the mental developmental criteria because Eddie believing or feeling Billy’s
soul next to him could be a sign of the emotional/mental developmental criteria’s. Ages recommended for this novel are 13 and
up.
Teacher
Resources:
- This book can serve also as a great example of how or steps you may follow when dealing with tragic losses.
To request the PDF file follow this link
YouTube Video on Book "Sledding Hill"
Author Chris Crutcher Website Link
Other books by the Author:
Sunday, July 17, 2016
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Angleberger, T., & Rosenstock, J. L. (2010). The strange case of Origami Yoda. New York : Amulet Books
Other books by the Author:
Summary: One of the main characters in this story is Dwight
and Tommy who are in sixth grade. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is a
novel that makes an origami puppet of Yoda. Dwight gets the attention of his
class when he starts to give advice to his peers in the voice of Yoda. Some
of his students discover that Dwight might be the voice, but Tommy is still
doubtful. Tommy wants to discover the
truth behind Dwight’s Origami “Yoda.” At
the end Tommy still believes that Dwight’s Yoda is real gets together with
another person named Sara on the dance floor and dance the night away.
Strengths:
The intended audience for this book is for ages 9
and up. Students can relate to Yoda in
the instance of when struggling with a situation similar to Tommy. The mental developmental criteria meets “The
Strange Case of Origami Yoda” because it demonstrates make believes actions
from Yoda. This book also meets the
social developmental criteria being that Dwight is an unusual that achieves
somewhat of fame among his peers because of his unique creation.
Teacher Resources:
Other books by the Author:
Please Ignore Vera Dietz
King, A. S., & Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (2010). Please ignore Vera Dietz. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Summary: In this novel you
will meet characters Vera Dietz and her best friend Charlie. Vera has kept her feelings towards Charlie a
secret and is devastated when Charlie apparently starts a store fire and dies
in it. Vera not only keeps her love
feelings for Charlie a secret, but also knows what really transpired the night
Charlie died. She now is left with
contemplating fault in wanting to clear Charlie’s name. Vera at the end finds out the truth about who
killed him. Charlie had left notes that
revealed the true killer “Jenny.”
Strengths:
This novel is recommended for ages 15 and up. I
feel that Vera Dietz meets the mental, emotional, and social developmental
criteria because of what she goes through.
Her mother’s and best friend’s death, her oblivious father and her
slight problem with alcohol makes her susceptible to a mental breakdown. The many struggles that she goes through in
this novel make you feel connected to her especially when she makes her come
back, which is epic.
Teacher Resources:
Other books by the Author:
Awards for this book:
Michael L. Printz Honor Book 2011A Junior Library Guild selection for Fall 2010
An Edgar Allen Poe Award nominee
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2011 nominee
Indie Next List Pick for Teens
Kirkus Reviews Best Books for Teens 2010
Cooperative Children's Book Center's CCBC Choices 2011
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award nominee 2011
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens 2011
Michigan Thumbs Up! Award nominee
TAYSHAS High School Reading List nominee
Pennsylvania School Librarian Association's 2010 Top 40 List
Nominee for the 2012-2013 South Carolina Book Awards
Georgia Peach Award Nominee 2012-2013
Florida Teen Reads Nominee 2012-2013
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)