Instructor

Shana Youngdahl

Class Type 

Lit

Course Description

This course will explore fiction written in the last decade for the middle-grade audience, readers ages 8-13. We will explore themes, arcs, and story types by reading short stories and a selection of novels. Readings will include realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and verse novels. We will also explore critical texts that consider how to read and write children's literature. Weekly creative exercises aimed at this target audience will be composed, and all students will revise and submit a final creative piece.

Textbook

Flying Lessons Edited by Ellen Oh ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1101934623
Melissa by Alex Gino ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1338843415
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646140893
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1616207465
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062747815
Before the Ever After by Jaqueline Woodson ISBN-13 9780399545443
Other readings available in Canvas.