Patrick Jones [e-mail]

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Patrick Jonesya_core_at_yahoo.com

• www.connectingya.com

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FAQs and ongoing q/a

• What is a core collection?
• Why have a core collection?
• How does a book make this core collection?
• Is this a core collection for young adults or
  young adult core collection?
• How do you start compiling a core collection?
• If this is core collection of great books, what
  does great mean?

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READING RESEARCH

• YALSA / Smartgirl
• Best Books
• Reading interest surveys yours, mine, and ours

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STRANDED EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

• Adams, Douglas. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
• Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
• Anonymous. Go Ask Alice
• Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road

• Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat
• Blume, Judy. Forever
• Card, Orson Scott. Enders Game
• Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a
  Wallflower
• Cooney, Caroline. The Face on the Milk Carton

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STRANDED EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

• Cormier, Robert. After the First Death
• Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War
• Crutcher, Chris Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes
• Cushman, Karen. Catherine Called Birdy
• Garden, Nancy. Annie On My Mind.

• Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
• Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood And Chocolate
• Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird.
• Lowry, Lois The Giver
• McKinley, Robin. Beauty

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STRANDED

• Consensus favorites
• Patricks Picks
• Your choices

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STRANDED EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR CORE COLLECTIONS

• Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels
• Myers, Walter Dean. Monster
• Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
• Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials trilogy
• Rowling. J. K. Harry Potter series

• Sacher, Louis. Holes
• Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
• Spiegelman, Art. Maus
• Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl
• Thomas, RobRats Saw God
• Wolff, Virginia Make Lemonade

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STRANDED Patrick Picks

• Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
• Anonymous Go Ask Alice
• Bell , Ruth Changing Bodies, Changing Lives
• Cormier, Robert. We All Fall Down
• Foley, Mick. Have a Nice Day
• Groening, Matt. Simpsons comics
• Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
• Klause, Annette Curtis The Silver Kiss

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STRANDED Patrick Picks

1. Moore, Alan Watchman
2. Pirsig, Robert Zen the Art of Motorcycle
   Maintenance
3. Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever.
4. Stine, R.L. The Surprise Party
5. Shukur, Tupac The Rose that Grew in Concrete
6. Thomas, Rob Rats Saw God
7. Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit

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The Turn Around Books

• I dont think there is one turn-around book.
  That reduces a love to reading to a silver
  bulletor in this case a magic book. Reluctant
  readers come to reading reluctantly. For a while
  theyll be book-at-a-time readers---readers who
  will read the book we put into their hand but
  they wont seek out the next good book on their
  own. Gradually, with support and encouragement,
  theyll move toward a stance that says, This
  reading thing is goodgood enough that Ill seek
  a book out on my own. Maybe thats the
  turn-around-bookthe book that the kid on his own
  finds that he enjoys - Dr. K. Beers (via email)

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Turnaround titles

• Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
• Ashanti. Foolish/Unfoolish
• Banks, Russell. Rule of the Bone (M)
• Brunvand, Jan Harold. Big Book of Urban Legends

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Turnaround titles

• Burgess, Melvin. Doing It (M)
• Card, Orson Scott. Enders Game
• Chbosky, Stephen. Perks Of Being A Wallflower
  (M)
• Cisneros, Sandra. House On Mango Street

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Turnaround titles

• Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go To
  Birmingham1963
• Drooker, Eric. Blood Song
• Flake, Sharon. Skin Im In
• Flake, Sharon. Who Am I Without Him

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Turnaround titles

• Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater
• Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day (M)
• Gantos, Jack. Hole In My Life
• Giles, Gail. Playing in Traffic

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Turnaround titles

• Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass
• Glenn, Mel. Class Dismissed
• Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules The World
• Korman, Gordon. Son Of The Mob

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Turnaround titles

• Groening, Matt. Simpsons Comics (any)  
• Hinton, S.E. Outsiders
• Holmes, Shannon. Be More Careful (M)
• Johnson, Angela. First Part Last

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Turnaround titles

• Keys, Alice. Tears For Water
• Lubar, David. Hidden Talents
• McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler
• McDonald, Janet. Spellbound

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Turnaround titles

• Mowry, Jess. Way Past Cool
• Myers , Walter Dean. Monster
• Nixon, Joan Lowry. Whispers From The Dead
• Paolini, Christopher. Eragon

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Turnaround titles

• Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me
• Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
• Pelzer, David. Child Called It
• Porter, Connie Rose. Imani All Mine

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Turnaround titles

• Rodriquez, Louis. Always Running (M)
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (any)
• Sachar, Louis. Holes
• Shakur, Sanyika. Monster The Autobiography of
  an L.A. Gang Member ( M)

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Turnaround titles

• Shakur, Tupac. Rose That Grew from Concrete
• Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak series
• Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig
• Smith, Jeff. Bone

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Turnaround titles

• Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever (M)
• Sparks, Beatrice. Go Ask Alice
• Stine, R.L. Dangerous Girls
• Strasser, Todd. Give A Boy A Gun

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Turnaround titles

• Tillage, Leon Walter. Leons Story
• Trueman, Terry. Stuck In Neutral
• Tyree, Omar. Flyy Girl (M)
• Vibe magazine staff. Tupac.

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Turnaround titles

• Werlin, Nancy. Killers Cousin
• Williams, Stanley Tookie. Life In Prison
• Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracles Boys
• Woods, Teri. Dutch (M)