Monday, August 3, 2009

Competency #10: The Internet


I used Google to search for a website using the search: middle school reluctant readers. I selected ALAN Online as a website related to my topic. It is the official site for the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents. This webiste has many useful features, including interviews with popular and new authors, news about the YA bookworld, and podcasts. ALAN Online also posts book reviews each month for new YA books. I read a couple of these and found some good suggestions. The reviews include a brief teaser for each a book and then a short review, including information about what audience might like the book. The site also hosts monthly book chats on a single, selected work. Anyone is welcome to participate, and the site conducts a Q&A with the author of the selected work the following week. This website is a great source for books to entice reluctant readers.