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 * Class Power Point Presentation**

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 * YA Trends Slides: Make a Screen Saver!**

 Your “trend” book cannot be part of the Twilight or Hunger Games series  Email me your power point slide for your trend book by 9am on February 8th and be prepared to share a 2-3 minute book talk on your book with the class. See below for book talk resources. You should create only one slide, and it must contain the book cover, title and author's name. Feel free to include other photos, text about the book, or any additional material you feel will help share your book. Note: if you have read these or seen the movies before, you do not have to read them again. However, be sure you remember enough of each to discuss the general plot, teen appeal, etc.
 * For This Week:**
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 * Required Reading **
 * Read //Twilight// or watch the movie
 * Read //Hunger Games//
 * A book of your choice that follows a trend in young adult literature, preferably published in the last two years.
 * paranormal romance
 * multiple narrators
 * illustrated novels
 * books to tv shows
 * books to graphic novels
 * dystopian fiction
 * steampunk
 * adult authors writing for young adults

For those of you not familiare with the idea of "booktalking," here are a few resources with some tips and sample booktalks. I expect you to create your own orignal booktalk for class this week, but you can use these for inspiration. Keep it simple and short - just share a bit about the book with us. You have 2-3 minutes, so don't go over!
 * Booktalking Resources**
 * [|Nancy Keane: Booktalks Quick and Simple]
 * //Igniting a Passion for Reading// by Steven Layne: Chapter 3 (p37)
 * [|How To Do A Booktalk]
 * Search "book talks" on YouTube to get a variety of samples

//**Note:**// some of these are not new enough to fit the requirements for your YA trends reading assignment. Others are. These are generally just high quailty books in their genre and are a very, very small sampling of what is out there. I encourage you to choose your "trend" book by browsing the bookstore/library to see what's popular, but you may also choose titles that are recently published off these lists.
 * Recommended Books that Fit YA Trends**


 * Paranormal Fiction**
 * Klause, Annette Curtis. //Blood and Chocolate.//
 * --- . //The Silver Kiss.//
 * Rees, Sarah. //The Demon's Lexicon//. (first in series)
 * White, Kiersten. //Paranormalcy. (first in series)//
 * Dystopian and Disaster Fiction**
 * Bacigalupi, Paolo//. Ship Breaker//
 * Collins, Suzanne. //Catching Fire// and //Mockingjay//.
 * Haddix, Margaret Peterson. //Among the Hidden. (//first in series//)//
 * Lloyd, Staci. //Carbon Diaries 2015// and //Carbon Diaries 2017//
 * Ness, Patrick. Chaos Walking Trilogy.
 * Pfeffer, Susan Beth. //Life As We Knew It// (and sequels)


 * Fantasy**
 * Billingsley, Franny. //Chime.//
 * Cashore, Kristen. //Graceling// and //Fire//
 * [|Pierce, Tamora]
 * Song of the Lioness Quartet
 * The Immortals Quartet
 * The Circle of Magic Quartet
 * The Protector of the Small Quartet
 * The Circle Opens Quartet
 * Trickster Series
 * Beka Cooper Series


 * Steampunk**
 * Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan (first in series)