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Elsa Cardenas
Professor Lancaster
LIS 527
July 1, 2016
Annotated Bibliography: Young Adults Literature
Giovanni, N. (2008). Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat.
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
Poetry -Thematic Poetry Collection Range of African American poetic forms. It has 51
selections of 42 poets and performers and 30 performances on audio CD. It has a lot of
bright and alive colors and some dark as well that add emotion to each poem whether it is
expressing happiness or sadness. The art is abstract in some using pen and ink and water
colors. The ideas and feeling expressed are very authentic, fresh and powerful because a
lot of these poems express hopes, dreams and problems faced in urban communities and
families. It also shows the view of an adolescent having to live in that community and
how it is to have a beat in your heart to express yourself with the the things around you.
Hiaasen, C. (2003). Hoot. New York: Knopf.
Realistic fiction - Suspense and survival. Ages 10-14. Roy is wanting to find out about a
mysterious boy that he can not seem to get information about until he comes across a
tough girl that warns him to mind his business or else. I think this book has a great
message of helping people in need and of preserving and protecting animal habitats. At
first it seems to portray a story about making friends, a boy that just moved from
Montana to Florida and is being bullied but then is able build relationships. But by midstory there's a turn around and the cause is to help burrowing owls preserve their home

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and protest against the construction company wanting to build a restaurant on the habitat
of the owls.
Jackson, D. M. (2005). ER Vets: Life In An Animal Emergency Room. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Nonfiction informational books - jobs careers and money managements.Ages 12-14
Explains the processes and the people involved in saving animals. This informational
books shows how the ER for Vets functions and the different types of animals that visit
the ER that are domestic and foreign animals. It also tells a little bit of the story of the
animal and how it ended up in the ER and how the Vets were able to heal and get them
through the recuperation stage. The book has a good organizational structure and
subheadings when it introduces a new animal that is visiting the ER. It has a table of
contents, index and glossary.
Jaramillo, A. (2015). La Linea. Stuttgart: Klett Sprachen.
Diverse Society -Latino Literature.Ages 12-14. A brother Miguel and sister Elena cross
the mexican border to find their parents in california a harsh journey of great risk and
danger. The book is rich in culture and it take you to lifestyle of Miguel and his mexican
family and town. It explains the struggles of how so many mexican families are always
separated because someone in the family parent, children's, aunt or uncles decides that it's
a better life in America. The book also adds culturally authentic language to the text with
some long phrases. If a non Spanish reading person is wanting to read the book they may
need a translator or dictionary because the author does not always translate the text.

Law, I. (2008). Savvy. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Fantasy -Supernatural and paranormal fantasy. Ages 12-14. The story is about a young
girl Mibs that is about to celebrate her birthday which is a special birthday for all her

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family because everyone on their 13th birthday is given a Savvy. Mibs is waiting for her
turn for a Savvy until the day before her birthday her father gets in an accident a her
thoughts of attaining her savvy with her family are ruined. She is in for quite a surprise
the morning of her birthday because instead of an extravagant savvy she receive a quite
subtle savvy that will help her father survive and wake up from his coma. This story take
a transition from real life experiences to imaginary fantasy world experiences.
Lowry, L. (1993). The Giver. Houghton.
Science Fiction and Dystopias. Ages 11-16. Struggle of conscience for the new receiver
of memories in a utopian society. Jonas lives with his family in a utopian society and in
this community you can not lie. This society has no war or evil in it, it is perfect.
At the ceremony of the coming of 12 he is given as the Receiver of memories. And his
mentor the Giver transmit memories of before the society and he has to live in a lie and
realize how the world use to be as to what not is being portrayed now. In this Science
fiction story you will see how people are given an injection and sent to elsewhere and
how Jonas tries to save a baby from his death and tries to bring back the good memories
that the giver transmitted to him to his society.
Myers, W. D. (1999). Monster. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Plays for Young adults.Ages 13-17. Novel written as a screenplay about the trials of a
young african american boy accused of murder. Steve is 16 years old is on trial for
murder of a drug store robbery where the employee dies. He decides that the only way to
cope with it is to write a play. He writes it as a playwright.He begins to write about the
events of the trial. There are script based write and notes that he is writing. In his notes it
shows much more of his emotion. This is an intense read but it is approachable to

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students and they would like reading this because this is something that is happening to
many young minorities that are making bad decisions and happening around a bad crowd.
Riordan, R. (2014). The Lighting Thief. Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Los Angeles: DisneyHyperion.
Fantasy based on folklore and myth - Ages 12-15 A new york boy learns he is a demigod
and is sent on a quest to retrieve zeuss thunderbolt. Percy Jackson and the olympus
series. Percy Jackson is 12 years old and is a trouble maker that ends up getting expelled
from schools. He finds out that greek mythology is really and he is actually the demigod
son of a greek god. He finds out that he is a hero and can defeat monster. He is relatable
to 12 year old and even an older audience by having dyslexia and ADHD. You can see
that some aspects can be real but because mythology is real and that he is defeating
monsters make this a fantasy book which has unique settings and has humorous sections.
Ryan, P. M. (2000). Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic Press.
Historical Fiction. World wars in the twentieth century, 1914 to 1945. Ages 9-14.
Depression era and migrant workers Mexico and the United States. It is about
Esperanzas journey of being a wealthy citizen in Mexico that has to escape to the United
States and work in a farm as a migrant worker. After her father dies and leaves her and
her mother the land the society that they lived in could not accept that a women would
work the land and his brother which is Esperanzas uncle takes control of the land. He is
very corrupt and now is attempting to marry Esperanza's mother but she ends up escaping
with some servants to California and work on the fields. The book has very rich details
about the time and places of that era. It shows a lot of the hispanic culture, history and the
prejudice that they faced at that time.

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Ryan, P. M.(2010). Illus. Sis, P. The Dreamer. New York: Scholastic Press.
Nonfiction Biography - World Wars of the Twentieth Century, 1914 to 1945. Ages 9-14.
This is a beautiful story that demonstrate the harshness of society and even one's
family.This fictional biography of Pablo Neruda that talks about a boy Naftali whose
father is not to kind to him and is very strict. His father is not pleased that his son likes to
daydream and he is sure to put a stop to it. This story has a serious tone and will tug a the
heat because you want to leave the dreams with Neftali. Ryan does a great job at playing
with words and bring the pages to life with the pen illustrations. This book is not for
every young person because they may not be able to keep up with the tone of the story
but it sure will make you reflect on the harshness that many unknown children have to go
through.