Lucy Schall

Promoting Great Reads to Improve Teen Reading: Core Connections with Booktalks and More Lucy Schall

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: New demands by Common Core and other national and state standards mean teachers and librarians need support in pairing high-interest content with skill building that speaks to those standards. This hands-on, research-based resource will help. Covering 100 titles, it guides you to topics, themes, values, and activities that meet national and state standards. The book's organization--by genres, topics, and themes--will enable librarians to serve customers with specific requests and help teachers build thematic units. Focusing on recent young adult fiction and nonfiction (2010-2014), the guide offers a succinct plot summary, links to popular themes and genres, indication of reading levels, and an engaging booktalk for each title. It also includes guidelines for further promoting each book and extending knowledge through discussion. The author, a former middle and high school teacher, demonstrates how you can foster close reading through paraphrasing, comparison, and response and explains how to strengthen critical thinking among teens. Lists of related titles and notes on gender appeal can be used for readers' advisory.

Contributor Bio:  Schall, Lucy Lucy Schall is a retired high school and middle school English teacher, a book reviewer for "VOYA", and the author of five other acclaimed booktalking guides, including Libraries Unlimited's "Genre Talks for Teens" and "Teen Genre Connections", selected for the "VOYA" Five Foot Bookshelf award.