IST 578 – Young Adult Literature
University at Albany, State University of New York
Reading List – Fall 09
Joyce R. Laiosa

REQUIRED TEXTS
Horning, Kathleen T. From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books. Harper Collins, 1997.
Pennac, Daniel; translated by Sarah Adams. The Rights of the Reader. Candlewick, 2008.
REQUIRED READING
The following books may be read in any edition, hardcover or paperback.
Chamber, Aidan. Postcards From No Man’s Land
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass.
Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese
Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief
GENRE LISTS
During the semester as we study different genres you will be expected to read from each group: please note the number of books for each group. Six of the books (see list above) are required to be read by everyone in the class. Books may be in any edition, hardcover or paperback. You may also listen to an audio version of any of the non-required books. If you listen to the audio book, you must make the annotation for the audio book on your book notes, as well as write the notes from the audio version.
CLASSIC (Choose only one.)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Forever by Judy Blume
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION (Choose one plus two required.)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Feed by M.T. Anderson
**The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman [REQUIRED]
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
**The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [REQUIRED]
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
GLBTQ (Choose one plus required.)
Am I Blue/: Coming Out From the Silence Edited by Marion Bauer
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
**Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers [REQUIRED]
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMICS (Choose one plus required.)
**American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang [REQUIRED]
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Clan Apis by Jay Hosler
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
HISTORICAL FICTION / MULTICULTURAL (Choose two plus required.)
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak [REQUIRED]
Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen
Tamar by Mal Peet
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
NONFICTION (Choose three titles. There is a supplemental list of acceptable middle school science or history titles for the third title.)
American Plague by Jim Murphy
Darkness Over Denmark by Ellen Levine
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
In My Hands: Memoirs of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Opdyke
John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge
Kennedy Assassinated: The World Mourns: A Reporter’s Story by Wilborn Hampton
The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler by James Giblin
Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life by Russell Freedman
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
*Any biography by Russell Freedman, James Giblin or Elizabeth Partridge is acceptable.
NOVELS IN VERSE (Choose one.)
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
Witness by Karen Hesse
A Wreath For Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
REALISTIC FICTION (Choose only one.)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
URBAN/MULTICULTURAL (Choose one plus required.)
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
**Monster by Walter Dean Myers [REQUIRED]
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Tyrell by Coe Booth
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success by Sampson Davis