1. Great
Young Adult
Books
Book trailers:
The Fault in Our Stars
http://youtu.be/G4BCKLbRHTM
Ready Player One http://youtu.be/ifXryyx4erU
White Cat http://youtu.be/2ZQa_3HOWgc
Persepolis: http://youtu.be/3PXHeKuBzPY
2. Who are we and why are we here?
• Maureen Kearney • Mira Domsky
• Youth librarian • Youth librarian
• Veteran book • Book blogger
blogger
• Cybils judge
3. Common Core
• a set of new national education
standards.
• emphasizes lexile levels and
nonfiction reading
Lexile Level
• Measures the complexity of a
book’s text
• Determined by word choice and
sentence structure
• Does not measure content!
4. Reluctant Readers
• “I don’t like reading. I like ____”
• We have books about that!
• Football, science, videogames, killing zombies
• “I only like one kind of book and I’ve read
them all.”
• Doubt it. What’s your favorite book?
5. Nonfiction
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in
a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain
Bomb: the Race to Build –
and Steal – the World’s
Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinken