LIS 682 projects

 

This is the projects page for LIS 682: Books & Media for Young Adults

 

 

 

 

Part1: Introduction to YA lit

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, we wrote about our thoughts about our textbook's Chapter  1, which is related to the basic themes and trends in Young Adult literature

 

 

 

 

 Part 2: Focus on Specific Young Adult books

 

 

The following three assignments focused on Young Adult fiction that focus on the harsh reality of adolesence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For the nonfiction assignment, I focused on this book related to juvenile delinquency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 3: Focus on Specific YA author

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, I did a power-point presentation and a brochure about Robert Lipsyte, a popular author whose works include popular YA fiction related to youth sports

 

 

 

 

 

Part 4: Other assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willis Oshiro, the Young Adult librarian at the Hawaii State Library, was a guest speaker in our class. He specializes in Young Adult non-fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, I respond to a fictional letter complaining about the presence of the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" in  a public library.