Challenged literatureChoosing novels

onsdag 9 januari 13

This is how we do it:

• I introduce four novels...

• ...You vote to keep two of them...

• Then you choose which one of those two that you want to read!

onsdag 9 januari 13

Go Ask Alice by ...?

• 1971 - still in print

• Real diary.. Or?

• Ordinary teenage girl turns drug user!

• USA in the late 60s

• One of ALAs top 100 most challenged books!

onsdag 9 januari 13

onsdag 9 januari 13

The Giver by Lois Lowry

• 1993

• Sci-fi /dystopic fiction

• USA in a distant future...

• Jonas, 12

• One of the most challenged books during the 90s

onsdag 9 januari 13

onsdag 9 januari 13

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton

• 1967 by a high-school student!

• Young adult fiction

• Oklahoma, USA, late 60s

• Two rival gangs clash!

• One of the top 100 most challenged books!

onsdag 9 januari 13

onsdag 9 januari 13

onsdag 9 januari 13

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• 2008

• Sci-fi/ dystopic fiction

• Post-apocalyptic future (former USA)

• Girl enters reality-TV competition where you don’t win until you have killed everyone else.

• #5 most challenged book in 2010!

onsdag 9 januari 13

onsdag 9 januari 13

On the class blog, you will find a short poll. Pick the TWO novels that you want to read the most.

Don’t forget to enter your name and send:)

onsdag 9 januari 13