Sharon Creech

by Pamela Sissi Carroll

Overview

Sharon Creech is a best-selling author for young adult readers, and her books are enjoyed in both classroom settings and for leisure reading for three important reasons: -She shows great respect for teens through giving attention to the voices of teen protagonists, creating adventures in which teens grown socially and emotionally as a result of a jourbaney. She captures the language of her characters, including dialects from the hollers of West Virginia and the mountains of Switzerland, and introduces figurative language and vocabulary to enrich her readers' experience during and after their time with her books. With humor and gentleness, she provides readers with a sense of hope. After an introductory chapter and biographical sketch, there is one chapter per volume that examines the characters, plot, setting, and themes in each work. This volume will be useful to young adults wanting to delve deeper into the worlds of Creech's characters, or literature professionals studying Creech's works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313335983
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2007
Series:	Teen Reads: Student Companions to Young Adult Literature Series
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Pamela Sissi Carroll A former teacher of middle and high school English language arts, Pamela Sissi Carroll has devoted her attention, as a professor of English Education, to helping teachers, media specialists, and readers connect with young adult literature by studying the artistic qualities of the best books of the genre, by highlighting the ways that it can illuminate teens' social, emotional, and spiritual worlds, and by pointing to its potential for building reading skills while providing meaningful literary experiences for readers.Carroll, who has published books and articles on young adult literature, and who is the former editor of The ALAN Review, was named in 2006 as the University Distinguished Teaching Professor for Florida State University, where she has served as a faculty member since 1990. She edited Greenwood's Using Literature to Help Troubled Teens Cope with Societal Issues (1999).

Table of Contents

Series Foreword   James Blasingame     IX
Preface     XI
Getting to Know Sharon Creech: The Writer, the Human Being     1
Sharon Creech: Fingerprints of a Teacher and an Artist     13
Absolutely Normal Chaos: Setting the Stage for a Life of Writing for Children and Teens     25
Walk Two Moons in Another's Moccasins with Sharon Creech     43
Chasing Redbird with Sharon Creech     63
What's Blooming in Switzerland? Sharon Creech's Bloomability     83
Hidden Treasures beneath the Surface of Sharon Creech's the Wanderer     107
Poetry and a Puppy: Sharon Creech's Love that Dog     133
Run and Shout in Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler     145
The Rhythms of Sharon Creech's Heartbeat     165
Play it Again in Sharon Creech's Replay     117
Works Cited     191
Index     193

Editorial Reviews

The series' purpose is to provide supplementary materials for young readers wishing to learn about the authors' lives and understand their favorite books better, as well as, to emphasize how special and enriching reading and literary study can be for young, eager readers.” —VOYA

“This series of books about favorite teen authors is for librarians, teachers, and teens who want to know more about their favorite authors in depth. The volumes are full of biographical articles, reflections of the authors, and essays about their most popular titles. The series would be particularly useful to aspiring young authors who need reassurance that writing can be more than just a hobby. Bottom line: Both are just plain good reads. [Reviewed in conjunction with Gary Paulsen].” —Teacher Librarian

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