Reading for Action: Engaging Youth in Social Justice through Young Adult Literature

by Ashley S Boyd, Janine J Darragh, Janine J. Darragh, et al.

Book Overview

This book illustrates how teachers can draw upon young adult literature to facilitate students' social action. Each chapter centers on one novel that represents a contemporary topic including police brutality, women's rights, ecojustice, and bullying. In each, authors provide pre-, during-, and after reading strategies for teaching that connect the social issues in the texts to students' lives and to the world around them. They then offer a multitude...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475846673
• ISBN13: 9781475846676
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"