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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313324522
• ISBN13: 9780313324529
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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.