IMF 62003 YA-MG: Retellings for Young Adult & Middle Grade Readers L W

Instructor

Shana Youngdahl

Class Type 

Workshop & Literature

Course Description

This course will look at texts that retell famous tales for the contemporary Young Adult and Middle-Grade reader. We will consider why authors choose retellings, what makes a strong retelling, and why readers keep returning to updates of classic tales. Students will read extensively and then compose a retold short story. Readings may include retellings of Edger Allen Poe, Shakespeare, myths, and more.

Textbook

These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
ISBN:‎ 9781529344554 or 9781665921763 or 9781529344530

His Hideous Heart
Dahlia Alder
ISBN:‎ 9781250302793 

The Jumbies
Tracey Baptiste
ISBN: ‎ 9781616205928 

Sisters of the Never Sea
Cynthia Leitich Smith
978-0062869982

Cinder
Marissa Meyer
978-1250768889

The Secret Garden on 81st Street
Ivy Noelle Weir
978-0316459709

Meg Joe Beth and Amy
Ray Terciero
978-0316522885