Philly, Here We Come!
For those who are attending NCTE’s Annual Convention in Philadelphia, be sure to keep the ALAN sessions on your convention schedule.
| Session: F.31 – 8:00 am to 9:15 am 11/21/2009 |
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| Room: Marriott/Grand Ballroom Salon A, 5th Floor |
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| Level(s): Middle (6-8), Secondary (9-12) |
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Title: ALAN Breakfast with Laurie Halse Anderson
(Sponsoring Group: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE/ALAN)
This year’s ALAN Breakfast will feature Laurie Halse Anderson, popular author of young adult novels including Speak (1999), Fever 1793 (2002), and Wintergirls (Viking of Penguin, 2009), and a series of ‘Vet Volunteer’ books that appeal especially to adolescent animal lovers. Anderson, who is as endearing as a speaker as she is talented as a writer, was awarded the ALAN Award for her ‘outstanding contributions to adolescent literature’ during the 2008 ALAN Breakfast at NCTE in San Antonio, Texas. |
| Session: AL.01 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm 11/23/2009 |
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| Room: Marriott/Grand Ballroom Salon E/F, 5th Floor |
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| Level(s): General (proposals of interest at all instructional levels) |
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Title: Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century: ‘Scattering Light’ on Our Freedom to Think, See, Imagine
(Sponsoring Group: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN))
This is the popular annual workshop that brings the most popular of today’s young adult authors, and rising stars in the field, to talk face to face with teachers, professors, librarians, and others who are interested in YA books from all perspectives, and in the teens who read and treasure them. |
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