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Things Keep Changing:
Patrick Jones• Look for power point @
www.connectingya.com
• Contact me for author visit in 2006 @ [email protected]
hard questions/ no easy answers
• What are trends in books for teens, in particular realistic YA lit?
• What are the hard questions from the viewpoint of teens, teachers, librarians, publishers, and authors?
• What do we want?• What do non-readers want?• What will turn non-readers around?• What will both readers and non-readers
like?• What are some best titles in 2005?
hard questions/ no easy answers
What are trends in books for teens?• Sex: • Substances:• Sity Life• Over Seas• Style• Shock values• Social themes• Satisfying teens
hard questions/ no easy answers
• Sex:
• Substances:
• Sity Life
• Style
• Shock values
• Social themes
• Satisfying teens
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers
• Cover - catchy, action-oriented, attractive, appealing, good "blurb"
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers
• Clear writing without long convoluted sentences of sophisticated vocabulary
• (Bluford High from Townsend Press)
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers
• Acceptable literary quality and effectiveness of presentation
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction
• Well-defined characters and not too many of them
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction
• Plot lines developed through dialog and action rather than descriptive text
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction
• Familiar themes with emotional appeal for teenagers
Qualities of Books for Reluctant Readers: Fiction
• Believable treatment (that does not preclude speculative fiction however)