More Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Doors

A Period of Growth in African American Young Adult Literature (2001 to 2021)

Steven T. Bickmore, Shanetia P. Clark

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9798765175699
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

This is the third book in a three volume series celebrating and examining about the work of 11 of the most prominent African American authors since 2000. The eleven identified authors are Andrea Davis Pinkney, Coe Booth, Sheila P. Moses, Kwame Alexander, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Varian Johnson, Renee Watson, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Lamar Giles. These authors build on the work of the authors in books two and three. The chapter authors—librarians and established and emerging scholars in the field of young adult literature--survey the work of each author, their accolades, and how audiences responded to their work. Each chapter highlights a single work and discusses how it might be taught in a classroom with a focus on introductory, during, and concluding activities for individuals, small groups and the whole class. This volume is a resource for classroom teachers, teacher educators, reading specialists, librarians, and other educators who study, research, and read young adult literature. Even more importantly it can be resource for students who read and study these authors at the secondary and collegiate level. This is especially true when the current moment in the U. S. shows facing anew concerns of voting rights and discussion of how and when Critical Race Theory or any discussion of Race might take place in a classroom.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Andrea Davis Pinkney: Taking a Rhythm Ride through Motown
• Chapter 2: Coe Booth: Reclaiming Humanity in Stories about Urban Life
• Chapter 3: Sheila P. Moses: The Legend of Buddy Bush and Beyond
• Chapter 4: “As In” An Award-Winning Writer: Kwame Alexander
• Chapter 5: From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Kekla Magoon
• Chapter 6: Jason Reynolds: The Boy in the Black Suit and the Struggle with Grief
• Chapter 7: Varian Johnson: Discovering the Mysteries of Our Past through The Parker Inheritance
• Chapter 8: Renée Watson: Love Above All—Unpacking Piecing Me Together
• Chapter 9: Tiffany D. Jackson: Shining a Light on Missing Black Girls through Creative Narratives in Monday’s Not Coming
• Chapter 10: Nnedi Okorafor: The Future Begins with an Alternative Origin Story
• Chapter 11: Lamar Giles: Exploring the Ins and Outs of Community in Not So Pure and Simple
• About the Editors
• About the Authors