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Series Fiction for Young Adults

Series Fiction for Young Adults. PRESENTS. A Melodramatic , Rags-to-Riches , Explosive , Worldly , Exciting , Adventurous , Energetic , Spine-Tingling , Perilous , and Sensational PowerPoint. Patty Daniel & Theresa Ozark Library Materials for Young Adults LIS 722 March 30, 2012.

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Series Fiction for Young Adults

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  1. Series Fiction for Young Adults PRESENTS A Melodramatic, Rags-to-Riches, Explosive, Worldly, Exciting, Adventurous, Energetic, Spine-Tingling, Perilous, and SensationalPowerPoint Patty Daniel & Theresa Ozark Library Materials for Young Adults LIS 722 March 30, 2012

  2. Series Fiction for Young Adults Non-Fiction • Curriculum Support • Published • by well known publishers • Reviewed by major journals

  3. Series Fiction for Young Adults Introduction Series Fiction – Still going strong!

  4. Series Fiction for Young Adults Introduction What is Series Fiction? • A sequence of separate narratives. . . (Carpan xiii) • A continuous journey. . . (Siegel 13) • Series may or may not contain the same character. . . (Sutton 26) • . . . a genre unto themselves. (Makowski 2)

  5. Series Fiction for Young Adults Introduction Two Groups of Series ( Tunnell & Jacobs 64) • Sophisticated type such as . . . • Mass-Market or paperback type such as . .

  6. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background • Circa 1850:Horatio Alger • 1830s: Jacob Abbott • 1868: Elsie Dinsmore • 1870s: Three Vassar Girls • 1899: The Rover Boys

  7. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background Edward Stratemeyer (Lange) “The reading capacity of the American adolescent is limitless. As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer.” -From a 1934 article in Fortune magazine

  8. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate (Maas) & (Lange) • Formally organized in 1905 • Critics claimed the series were: Pernicious Trashy Crass Vulgar Injurious • 98% of readers awarded the books perfect scores

  9. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate AdventureCollege Tom Swift Grace Harlowe The Motor BoysMarjorie Dean MysteriesCareers The Hardy Boys Cherrie Ames Nancy Drew Sue Barton The Dana Girls Vicki Barr Connie Blair

  10. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background 1980s • 1981 – First Love • 1983 - Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley High • 1986 – Nancy Drew Files • 1989 – Fear Street

  11. Series Fiction for Young Adults Background • 1990s - Sandman • 1996 - Rise of Chick Lit • 1997 – Pottermania • 2005 – Vampire • 2000s Diversity

  12. Series Fiction for Young Adults Critical Response (Maas) • Threats • Studies • The American Library Association • The Librarians In East Orange, NJ • “In Defense of Trash” • Top Sellers • Series are still here.

  13. Series Fiction for Young Adults Appeal (Gorman and Suellentrop) • Enjoyable • Predictable • Familiar • Achievement • It’s what they want. • FUN!

  14. Series Fiction for Young Adults Appeal (Gorman and Suellentrop) • Hook • Fast pace • Single POV • High-interest • Emotional impact • Short Sentences and paragraphs • Length • Covers

  15. Series Fiction for Young Adults Literacy Development (Tunnell and Jacobs) • They are appealing. • They provide practice. • They automatically improve and develop skills: • Vocabulary • Comprehension • Fluency • Predicting • Skimming • Inference • Patterns in literature elpl.org

  16. Series Fiction for Young Adults Literacy Development Catherine Sheldrick Ross : “Young readers frequently complain about the difficulty of getting started in a new book. In a familiar series, this difficulty is averted.” “This instant start, instead of frustration plays a large role in luring those students into regular reading, an activity that can help them discover pleasure in books.”

  17. Series Fiction For Young Adults Collection Development Keeping Up • Technological Advances • Fast-Tracking • Instant Gratification (Claire Kirch, 16)

  18. Series Fiction For Young Adults Collection Development Ann Krusek, bookseller at the Magic Tree House Bookstore in Oak Park says… “The wait creates more anticipation.” She pointed out, however, that if there is too long a wait between books in a series for middle-grade of YA readers, those readers may lose interest. “Readers might advance past that level of reading before the series finalizes. Readers will wait years and years for a series like Hunger Games or Harry Potter, but you can’t guarantee that about every series.” (Karen McCoy)

  19. Series Fiction For Young Adults Collection Development How do we keep up? • Community and Patrons • Collection Policy • Circulation Trends • Reference Guides • Journal Reviews • Other Sources (Claire Kirch, 16)

  20. Series Fiction for Young Adults Popular Series Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer Maximum Ride seriesby James Patterson Wolves of Mercy Falls seriesby Maggie Stiefvater The Maze Runner seriesby James Dashner

  21. Series Fiction For Young Adults What’s Next? The Amanda Project is a book series that incorporates the stories with a multi-media tie-in.

  22. Series Fiction for Young Adults One More Thing

  23. Series Fiction for Young Adults Conclusion Tunnell and Jacobs Series Fiction creates genuine, lifelong readers. Anne Carroll Moore “The right book into the hands of the right child at the right time”

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