From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics

By Donald R. Gallo and Sarah K. Herz

Book Overview

The required classics in grades 7-12 are often too complex and removed from adolescent experience. This informative text uses thematic groupings built around recent young adult literature (YAL) as bridges to the classics. This second edition, which the authors have revised and greatly expanded, emphasizes the goal of helping teenagers become lifetime readers, as well as critical and confident readers. By pairing the required classics and young adult literature around common themes, the authors illustrate specific theme connections and include extensive lists of annotated YAL titles at the end of each classic title. The new edition features more than 1,000 titles, hundreds published in the last five years. Thirty-three recent YAL titles are included as theme connectors among the twelve most frequently taught classics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313324522
• ISBN13: 9780313324529
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great ideas

This book offers some great ideas for linking classical literature to contemporary young adult novels. I'm always looking for ways to show students that the classics are still relevant and I know I will reference this book often.