Instructor

Shana Youngdahl

Class Type 

Lit & Workshop

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

Curse of the Specter Queen Jenny Elder Moke ISBN-13: 9781368066990
Legendborn: Tracey Deonn ISBN-13: 978-1398501874
These Violent Delights: Chloe Gong ISBN-13: 978-1529344554
His Hideous Heart: Dahlia Alder ISBN-13: 978-1250302793
The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste ISBN-13 : 978-1616205928

. Curse of the Specter Queen