Patrick Jonesya_core@yahoo.com

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FAQs and ongoing q/a

What is a core collection? Why have a core collection? How does a book make this core

collection? Is this a core collection for young

adults or young adult core collection?

How do you start compiling a core collection?

If this is core collection of “great” books, what does great mean?

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READING RESEARCH

YALSA / SmartgirlBest BooksReading interest

surveys: yours, mine, and ours

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STRANDED: EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak

Anonymous. Go Ask Alice

Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road

Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat

Blume, Judy. Forever Card, Orson Scott.

Ender’s Game Chbosky, Stephen.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Cooney, Caroline. The Face on the Milk Carton

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STRANDED: EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

Cormier, Robert. After the First Death

Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War

Crutcher, Chris Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes

Cushman, Karen. Catherine Called Birdy

Garden, Nancy. Annie On My Mind.

Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders

Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood And Chocolate

Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird.

Lowry, Lois The Giver McKinley, Robin.

Beauty

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STRANDED

Consensus favorites

Patrick’s PicksYour choices

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STRANDED: EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels

Myers, Walter Dean. Monster

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet Pullman, Philip. His

Dark Materials trilogy Rowling. J. K. Harry

Potter series

Sacher, Louis. Holes Salinger, J.D. The

Catcher in the Rye Spiegelman, Art. Maus Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl Thomas, RobRats Saw

God Wolff, Virginia Make

Lemonade

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STRANDED: Patrick Picks

1. Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak2. Anonymous Go Ask Alice3. Bell , Ruth Changing Bodies, Changing

Lives4. Cormier, Robert. We All Fall Down5. Foley, Mick. Have a Nice Day6. Groening, Matt. Simpsons comics7. Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders8. Klause, Annette Curtis The Silver Kiss

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STRANDED: Patrick Picks

9. Moore, Alan Watchman

10. Pirsig, Robert Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

11. Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever.

12. Stine, R.L. The Surprise Party

13. Shukur, Tupac The Rose that Grew in Concrete

14. Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God

15. Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit

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The Turn Around Books

“I don’t think there is one turn-around book. That reduces a love to reading to a silver bullet—or in this case a magic book. Reluctant readers come to reading reluctantly. For a while they’ll be book-at-a-time readers---readers who will read the book we put into their hand but they won’t seek out the next good book on their own. Gradually, with support and encouragement, they’ll move toward a stance that says, “This reading thing is good—good enough that I’ll seek a book out on my own.” Maybe that’s the turn-around-book—the book that the kid on his own finds that he enjoys” - Dr. K. Beers (via email)

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Turnaround titles

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak

Ashanti. Foolish/Unfoolish Banks, Russell. Rule of the

Bone (M) Brunvand, Jan Harold. Big

Book of Urban Legends

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Turnaround titles

Burgess, Melvin. Doing It (M) Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s

Game Chbosky, Stephen. Perks Of

Being A Wallflower (M) Cisneros, Sandra. House On

Mango Street

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Turnaround titles

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963

Drooker, Eric. Blood Song

Flake, Sharon. Skin I’m In Flake, Sharon. Who Am I

Without Him

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Turnaround titles

Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater

Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day (M)

Gantos, Jack. Hole In My Life

Giles, Gail. Playing in Traffic

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Turnaround titles

Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass

Glenn, Mel. Class Dismissed

Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules The World

Korman, Gordon. Son Of The Mob

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Turnaround titles

Groening, Matt. Simpsons Comics (any)  

Hinton, S.E. Outsiders Holmes, Shannon. Be

More Careful (M) Johnson, Angela. First

Part Last

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Turnaround titles

Keys, Alice. Tears For Water

Lubar, David. Hidden Talents

McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler

McDonald, Janet. Spellbound

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Turnaround titles

Mowry, Jess. Way Past Cool Myers , Walter Dean. Monster Nixon, Joan Lowry. Whispers

From The Dead Paolini, Christopher. Eragon

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Turnaround titles

Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet Pelzer, David. Child Called

It Porter, Connie Rose. Imani

All Mine

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Turnaround titles

Rodriquez, Louis. Always Running (M)

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (any)

Sachar, Louis. Holes Shakur, Sanyika. Monster:

The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member ( M)

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Turnaround titles

Shakur, Tupac. Rose That Grew from Concrete

Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak series

Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig

Smith, Jeff. Bone

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Turnaround titles

Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever (M)

Sparks, Beatrice. Go Ask Alice

Stine, R.L. Dangerous Girls Strasser, Todd. Give A Boy

A Gun

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Turnaround titles

Tillage, Leon Walter. Leon’s Story

Trueman, Terry. Stuck In Neutral

Tyree, Omar. Flyy Girl (M) Vibe magazine staff. Tupac.

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Turnaround titles

Werlin, Nancy. Killer’s Cousin

Williams, Stanley “Tookie”. Life In Prison

Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracles Boys

Woods, Teri. Dutch (M)