21 Contemporary Young Adult Titles for Your Secondary Classroom
Are you looking to update your classroom library for the back to school season? Are your students asking you for recommendations of middle school books to continue reading but you aren’t sure what to choose for them?
The Literary Maven collaborates with other teachers nationwide to compile a list of novels our students would be interested in. This helps to keep our classroom library and lessons fresh and exciting for the students. The list includes twenty-one engaging novels that your students will be sure to love.
A Long Walk to Water:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is a phenomenal book to add to your middle school book list. This novel gives students a different perspective about the world. Teaching in an affluent community, my students rarely think about what life would be like without our everyday conveniences, never mind needing to walk miles and miles to obtain water for daily living.
Teaching about the obstacles that Salva overcomes and perseveres through to come to live in America is awe-inspiring. The book circles themes that we need to continue to touch upon today, such as kindness and forgiveness. This novel will have a lasting effect on your students for years to come. A Long Walk to Water and twenty other awesome titles can be found on The Literary Maven’s blog.
I’d love to hear your pick. Leave a comment below telling me your favorite contemporary young adult novel.
Want to know more about this novel? Check out this blog post to get an in-depth look at the novel and how I teach it to my own students. |
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