Jamie Kallio

Read On...Speculative Fiction for Teens (eBook, ePUB)

Reading Lists for Every Taste

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This guide offers exciting new reading paths for students who enjoy fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal themes. With over 350 titles organized into their primary appeal characteristics and scores of thematic lists, librarians and educators will benefit from lists of contemporary selections specifically written for teens.

Interest in teen fiction has grown in popularity in the last decade, especially within the fantasy and paranormal genres. This timely guide is one of the few books on the subject that lists titles that are written specifically for teens.

Read On...Speculative Fiction for Teens features popular, contemporary themes ranging from vampire love and ghost stories to epic fantasy and out-of-this-world science fiction. Each of the five chapters caters to a specific area of interest-story, character, setting, mood, and language-and within the chapter, numerous lists of novels are organized by topic, with the best titles highlighted. Each of the more than 350 listed titles includes bibliographic information and a brief, punchy description.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216136064
• Artikelnr.: 68347302

Autorenporträt

Jamie Kallio is youth services librarian at Orland Park Public Library, Orland Park, IL.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: YA, Here to Stay
Just Enough to Fill a (Bewitched) Teacup: A Totally Concise History of Teen
Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
Use Me Any Way You Want
Chapter One: Story
Take Me Away! Historical Fantasy
(Bad) Politics, as Usual
Let's Go, Already! Journey Stories
Ye Gods! Stories of Mythical Proportions
Holy Smokes! Dragons
Look, Ma, I Can Fly!. and Other Experiments
Fantasia: Stories of Music and Magic
Once Upon a Twist: Fairy Tales Old and Retold
Dead Zone: Stories from beyond the Grave
Hanging with the King: Arthurian Fantasy
Something's Afoot: Magic and Mystery
Struggling with Our Demons: Battling Evil Fiends
Messin' with Mother Nature: Earthly Disasters
You Give Me Fever: Plague Stories
Not Raised in a Barn: Fantastical Animals
Chapter Two: Character
Love Bites: Vampire Relationships
My Poor Cold Heart: The Lives of the Undead
Falling for You: Immortal Beings
Dangerous Beauties: The Realm of Faerie
It's a Wizard Thing: Masters and Mages
Did I Do That? Paranormal Powers
Meet the Orphans
Just Like Me: Robots and Clones
You're Such a Witch!
You Talkin' To Me? Tough Chicks
Courage, Lads! Boys Coming of Age
Full Moon Risin': Werewolves
Brains Need Not Apply: Zombies!
Looks Aren't Everything: Shape-Shifters
Under the Sea: Merfolk
The Book Is the Thing: Characters with a Literary Edge
Tooth and Nail: Animal Kingdoms
Bless Your Thieving Heart: Criminals
What's Up, Bro? Sensational Siblings
Space Invaders: Aliens
Chapter Three: Setting
School Sucks: Academies for the Extraordinary
Hipsters, Jokesters, and Monsters in the Subway: Urban Fantasy
You Slay Me: Medieval Fantasy
Yo Ho Ho! Nautical Fantasy
The Far East: Stories Set in Asia-or Something Like It
Follow That Dirigible! Steampunk
Fight the System! Corrupt Societies
But It Looks Like Home: Parallel Universes
Give Me Space: Exploring the Universe(s)
The New Normal: Future Life
It's About Time. Travel
Chapter Four: Mood
I See Through You: Ghostly Encounters
Slime Included: Monsters
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Fantasy
Stranger with My Face: Possession
Shades of Fantasy: Magical Realism
Charmed, I'm Sure: Fantasy Chick Lit
Don't Make Me Laugh: Humor
Blood and Guts: Fantastic Gore
Chapter Five: Language
Simply Delicious: Lyrical Fantasy
Private Property: Diary Stories
Time for Just One: Short Story Collections
Visual Language: Graphic Novels
Moving Pictures: Comics into Movies
Language Comes Alive! Spec Lit on Audio
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet! Short, Quick Reads
Let Me Tell You Something: First-Person Narratives
Challenge Yourself! Adult/Teen Crossovers
From the Masters: Epic Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Appendix One: Awards
Alex Awards
ALA Notable Children's Books-Older Readers Category
Edgar Allen Poe Awards: Best Juvenile Mystery Novel
Hugo Awards
Locus Awards: Fantasy Novel
Locus Awards: Young Adult Book Award
Michael L. Printz Award
Newbery Award
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
YALSA 100 Best Books (1950-2000)
Appendix Two: Audio Awards
ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
Audie Awards
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner
GRAMMY Awards (Best Spoken Word for Children)
Odyssey Award
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Index