ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column edited and compiled by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University. Be sure to check the site regularly for the a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.
Reviewed this Month:
Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
Forget Me Not by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Gone by Michael Grant
Girl to the Core by Stacey Goldblatt
The Princess Plot by Kirsten Boie
The Midnight Charter by David Whitley
Temple of the Sun by Moyra Caldecott
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Dr. James Blasingame, President of ALAN, has announced the theme for the 2010 ALAN Workshop, which is to be held in beautiful Orlando, FL. The theme for the workshop is, Looking for the Real Me: The Search for Self in Young Adult Literature.
If you would like to present a breakout session during the workshop, please download the proposal form, linked below, and refer to the submission guidelines printed at the bottom of the form.
All proposals must be received by January 4, 2010.
Click here to download: Proposal Form for ALAN 2010
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Beginning with only a few brief words of welcome from Dr. Sissi Carroll, the President of ALAN, the 2009 conference was immediately set into motion this morning with a keynote address by author Gregory Maguire. Now, with arms full of new books and endless possibilities, the ALAN community has settled in for the first of two days of literature, laughter and light.
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The ALAN Breakfast was attended by a record crowd in the Downtown Marriott Ballroom in Philadelphia, PA. Attendees were served breakfast by the Marriott banquet staff and enjoyed a keynote address by Laurie Halse Anderson. Those in attendance also received an audiobook copy of Laurie Halse Anderson’s publication, Wintergirls.
The ALAN Breakfast featured an awards presentation in which Wendy Lamb, Editor for Wendy Lamb Books, was recognized as the ALAN Award Winner for her service to Young Adult Literature.
Also recognized at this year’s breakfast was the 2009 ALAN Award Winner Naomi Shihab Nye.
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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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