I neglected to include my contact info on the first reply.
You mentioned Alex Flinn's Breathing Underwater, but not the
follow up from the girls point of view, Diva. That might be on
purpose as the violence from the first novel is peripheral in the
second, but I think the aftermath it shows is worth discussing.
In
addition, Flinn's titles Nothing to Lose and Fade to Black
also deal with bullying and teen violence.
Others that might be
worth including:
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker (which deals
with steroid use and 'roid rage.)
Boot Camp by Todd
Strasser (a slightly different take, on the abuses perpetrated against
teens by adults in 'reformation' attempts such as the boot camp of the
title)
Give a boy a gun by Todd Strasser
Jumped
by Rita Williams Garcia
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
and
a wonderful play called
Bang Bang You're Dead
which you
can actually download (and it was made into a movie which aired on
Showtime)
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/25/1293867/Bang%20Bang%20You%27re%20Dead.zip
Lizanell Boman
lizanellb@msn.com
currently un-affiliated
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good.
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
William Wordsworth
> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:03:28
-0600
> From: Naomi Bates <nbates@NISDTX.ORG>
>
Subject: Booklist of Teen Violence Awarness Month (Feb)
>
>
Here's a booklist of YA fiction that deals with teen violence
awareness,
> which is this month. I've posted this as well as
additional links and
> stats on my blog. Hope you can use this!
And if I'm missing any other
> titles that deal with this, please
reply and share with the listserv : )
>
> Bad Boy Can be
Good for a Girl by Tonya Lee Stone
> Things change by Patrick
Jones
> Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler
> Beastly by Alex Flinn
>
Twisted
> Honey baby sweetheart by Deb Calletti
> Playing
with Matches by Brian Katcher
> Played by Dana Davidson
>
Wild Roses by Deb Calletti
> Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
>
Breaking up is Hard to Do short story collection edited by Nikki Burnham
>
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
> Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
>
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
> Touch by Francine Prose
>
Story of Girl by Sara Zarr
> Who am I Without Him? short story
collection by Sharon Flake
> Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
>
> --
> Naomi Bates
> Librarian, Northwest High
School
> Justin TX
> www.naomibates.blogspot.com
>
http://www.nisdtx.org/120820731141528687/site/default.asp
>
nbates@nisdtx.org
> 817.215.0203
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good.
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
William Wordsworth
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