Young Adults

This was by far one of the most difficult sections for me to read. Although I absolutely loved Stargirl, Speak was definitely a tough book to take in. The Series of Unfortunate of Events is always a classic book, especially to use with elementary students. Even though I'm nearly 23, I still enjoy reading the Unfortunate Events series.

Don't get me wrong, I think Speak is an extremely important book and has some incredible themes in it, it's just that I feel like students in elementary school would necessarily find it amusing. Maybe students in middle school or high school should be reading it but definitely not kids in k-5.

As for Stargirl, this is an incredible book and by far one of my favorite Young Adult stories I've ever read so far. I'm not sure what it is about the book that I like. Maybe it's that I feel a little bit like the boy version of Stargirl. I generally walk around in pajamas and really don't care about what other people think of me.

However, I definitely will be combining the Book Club idea with the Young Adult section when I get to teaching in the classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFtBXyeTNU -- Speak movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMoXMhql0L0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLF21JdpA_M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g59qukh_DE - Series of Unfortunate Events