Y.A. Literature Conference

I went to a Bureau of Education and Research conference in Mesa on Friday: The Best of the Best in Young Adust Litereture: 101 Classics in Young Adult Literature and How to Use Them in Your Program by Bonnie Kunzel. Kunzel was amazing, providing well over 100 book talks, a 300 page manual (consisting mostly of annotated titles), rationals for allowing adolescents to read graphic novels, and ideas on how to organize and implement this literature.

As my mom said, "It's great to walk out of a conference feeling like you can set the world on fire," and I certainly did on Friday afternoon. The conference was better than the entire semester course on Y.A. lit that I took as a graduate student. I'm now determined to read more Y.A. titles and perfect the art of the book talk!