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As with any "artistic decision," there will be consequences, which is that not everyone has a superhuman memory and/or the time to reread Divergent before reading Insurgent. Early readers of Insurgent have understandably had some trouble recalling all the necessary information to really be situated in the world of Insurgent. In order to help with this horrible thing I have done to you, I wrote this GIANT post to remind you of all the characters in Divergent, how you know them, and what happened at the end of Divergent.

List of 137 YA titles recommended for book clubs.

Thanks for this. By the way, I have bookmarked lots of your shared bookmarks, much appreciated.

"The rise of e-books is one factor affecting book buying"

I hope this Blog assists teachers in recommending books with characters with whom our students can relate. I also hope this Blog assists in recommending books with multiple realities of the D/deaf human experience. While my primary focus is adolescent and Young Adult chapter books, I will add information about children's literature and adult 'cross-over' texts from time to time. Enjoy, Sharon Pajka-West, Ph.D.

Renaissance Learning: * The top 20 books most widely read in grades 1-12, overall and by gender * The top 20 books most widely read by low- and high-achieving students * The top 10 nonfiction books and books for use across the curriculum Downloadable report (pdf)

"These resources include multiple strategies for locating and evaluating culturally authentic international children's and adolescent literature as well as ways of engaging students with these books in classrooms and libraries. "

A list of YA series with many hyperlinked titles.

book reviews K-12

training resources for TeachingBooks.net

Libguide for young adult literature