USEFUL WEBSITES--ADOLESCENT FICTION AND FILM
GENERAL SITES
A to Z Teacher Stuff 
This
site contains lesson plans, thematic units, and activities for children's
and adolescent literature. Although this site has many ideas for a wide
selection of books, if it does not contain what you are looking for, it
provides links to many other similar sites. This site is most useful if
you already have a book in mind. I found other sites to be more useful
if you just had a topic but had not decided on specific titles.--Sarah
Gittleson
YA Literature 
"This
site provides a resource for English Teachers, media specialists, students
and parents looking for high interest literature for young adult and/or
reluctant readers."--Amy Bindley.
Annotated Bibliography of Websites on Children's Literature and Other
Related Topics--
by graduate student Michelle Dulczewski at Salem State College, Massachusetts.
This site offers links to 25 sites which deal with children's literature,
young adult literature, and educational resources for teachers.--Amy
Bindley.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site Wow!
Although "A to Z Teacher Stuff" had a lot of information, this
one made it look diminutive. The cover page is set up so that you can easily
go to a page to look at book reviews, lesson ideas, and even integrated
lesson ideas organized by subject area (e.g. Colonial America, trains).
Finally, a section on professional resources is included for interested
educators, with links to other useful websites. This site contained very
useful, easy to adapt lesson plans.--Sarah Gittleson
Critical Books on Children's Literature .
The actual list of books is found by following the link, "Books of
Criticism Indexed." This site is based on a printed book, by the site
author, Linnea Henderson. The book's name is Children's Literature:
A Guide to the Criticism. Boston:G. K. Hall, 1987.
Available at Education Library or Library West: Z2014.5 .H46 1987 .
BDD Teachers Resource Center
For finding lesson ideas this site is particularly easy to use. In the
Teacher's Guides section there are such categories as alphabetical title
index, awards index, Black history month index, and on and on. . . . My
favorite was the thematic index. It listed many important themes, such
as acceptance and communication, and then describes many books that can
be used to teach that particular topic.--Sarah Gittleson [note: a commercial
site; BDD wishes to sell their books!]
BDD Young Readers Section The
young readers section includes reviews of books that young readers may
enjoy, such as How to Bug Your Parents, by Lee Wardlow.--Rahim Rivera
[note: a commercial site; BDD wishes to sell their books!]
Humanities Research on the Web: The Voice
of the Shuttle
Children's Literature Web Guide.
An excellent site for finding information on adolescent as well as children's
literature, this site was made and is maintained by David K. Brown of the
University of Calgary. It includes new sites and articles related to children's
literature, lists of award winners, a commentary on children's books, and
a guide to finding other web sites. It has a section on discussion boards
[groups?] and a reference section. An impressive feature is the "Doucette
Index, a mini-search engine. Visitors can type in the author and/or title
of a children's or young adult's book and suggestions for teaching it will
appear if available. Another important feature of the site is the speed
with which it is updated. While "What's New" had not been touched
since April, other areas had been changed within the last few weeks. I
think it is important for sites to stay current in order to continue to
be an effective tool. This site certainly is that.--Alexis Witham.
International Movie Database
.
This database of more than 140,000 movie may be searched by title, author,
director, etc., and contains a glossary of film terminology. Note: individual
pages found by searching with this database can be directly addressed only
if you type the address precisely as found--spaces, punctuation,
occasionally arcane numbers, etc. It may be easier to simply search again.
Newbery Medal Winners List (1922-1996)
Carnegie Medal Winners List (1937-1995)
American Library Association Awards List
This web site is provided by the American Library Association. It includes
award-winning books for 1997 and 1998, as well as nominations for 1999
award winners. This would be a valuable source for finding a 1997 or 1998
book for our project.--Amy Bindley.
Young Adult Literature Site
This web site is dedicated to young adult literature and includes a
description of young adult literature. It also outlines areas of focus
for those interested in adolescent literature.-- Amy Bindley.
Young Adult Library SiteThis
site contains short summaries and reviews of many novels for adolescents.
It also contains resources for parents and teachers about genres in adolescent
literature, history of literature. etc.--Amy Bindley. The creator of
this site is a German graduate student at the University of Iowa. The 30+
titles considered are divided into thematic groups, and Thorven Lucht welcomes
more reviews created by others. However, he was not sure he would be in
the U.S. after 6/97. Hmmm.--Craddock
Adolescent and Children's Books in Spanish.This
site lists books available in Spanish. You can review their choices or
search for a different book. Instructions are provided in both Spanish
and English. They also provide many links to excellent websites for information
on children's and adolescent literature.--Alexis Witham.
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents--ALAN.
The website for the organization defines its scope and provides resources
for both teachers and parents. --Amy Bindley
"Teaching for Visual Literacy: 50 Great Young Adult Films"This
article, available through the ALAN journal website,
discusses the use of film in teaching young adults, and it includes criteria
by which to choose appropriate films that are "teachable." The
authors exclude films based on books and films the students have probably
seen anyway. The site highlights 50 films meeting the author's criteria
and lists the issues explored in each film.--Amy Bindley.
Four current young adult novels.
Named "Teachers' and Students' Guide to the Best of Young Adult
Literature," this site highlights four current young adult novels.
For each selection, the site provides information on the book's author,
historical background, other internet links, and activities for teachers
interested in teaching the book.--Amy Bindley.
Barr's English Class Designed
by a Nantucket English teacher for his own students and other secondary
school English students and teachers. Students can go there to find information
relevant to their class and have samples of their work posted there. The
teacher posts information about himself that probably helps students relate
to him. The page is well designed and humorous.--Kimberly Farinas.
[This site has apparently moved or been eliminated.]
PARTICULAR WORKS
BURROUGHS, Tarzan
This website 
includes
links such as Tarzan of the novels, Tarzan of the movies, book covers,
and movie posters, as well as links for other characters and a dictionary
of "ape-English" vocabulary. It also lists several
maps of Africa, chronological lists of the events of Tarzan's life,
and comic strips. A very inclusive site for the huge Tarzan fan!--Amy
Wolf.
FARLEY, Black Beauty
This site is
devoted entirely to the 'greatest imaginary horse ever!" It gives
an extensive summary of Walter Farley's life as a small boy in Syracuse,
NY, and his family life in Florida. This site has several great links to
novels, T.V. series info, and audio clips. It also has a "What's New"
in the world of "The Black" that discusses Farley's latest book,
The Black Stallion's Shadow.--Amy Wolf.
RAWLINGS, The Yearling
This site describes
a visit to the M. K. Rawlings State Historic Site in Cross Creek. The author
of this site describes what she sees as she ventures through Rawlings'
old house--old tea kettles, photographs, a "secret hooch hatch,"
an old car., etc. She even speaks to an old employee of Miss Rawlings.
Several other links are made available through this site, such as Rawlings
links, the Rawlings society, the house, recipes, poems, etc.--Amy
Wolf.
FITZHUGH, Harriet the Spy
Film site.
Sponsored
by Warner Bros., this exciting site features links to a plot summary, filming
"goofs," ratings, critics, quotes, character listings and info,
as well as links to Nickelodeon and other spy literature/movies for adolescents.
There is also a link to Louise Fitzhugh that links to other children's
books of the same genre. --Amy Wolf.
[Note: such a site exists for each movie we will see and for more than a hundred thousand movies we won't see, all provided by the IMDb, but not all as full as this one. In some cases the IMDb still needs something as basic as a synopsis of the film. Here's your chance to be published!--Craddock]
ALCOTT, Little Women
This site is
overflowing with information on Louisa May Alcott. It gives links to her
poetry, her life, her other writings, other "Louisa links," a
picture gallery of herself and her home, as well as journal excerpts written
by LMA. There is also an FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions] link that ponders
several questions and answers about the author. This section is especially
helpful to those writing papers or critiques on the author or her works.--Amy
Wolf.
LEE, To Kill a Mockingbird
This site is
dedicated to Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
It offers pictures of the author as well as biographical information about
her. A synopsis of the book is also made available through this site.
Although Lee was a very private person, one can learn a great deal about
her from this site. A child's reading list (for teachers) is under construction
at this site, and discussion questions, test questions, lesson plans, reviews
by young readers, are already available. A great site for a teacher!
--Amy Wolf.
HINTON, The Outsiders
This site
,
"Young Adult Novels of S. E. Hinton," offers information about
all of her novels for adolescents, personal Q&A from Hinton, and fun
facts. It discusses Rumblefish, Taming the Star
Runner, Tex, and The Outsiders. A teacher-made site, it offers
teaching ideas for activities along with Hinton novels. It also gives
a list of favorites among reluctant readers. Finally, the site has a grade
index--a huge list of appropriate books for each grade level (in the list-maker's
opinion).--Amy Wolf.
BAGNOLD, National Velvet
Film site for
the MGM National Velvet--a review as well as
a phtograph are available. There is a list of all the characters with a
link to each of the movies the actors have done and also an awards section
to show what this "classic" movie has earned. A final link entitled
"Buy/Rent" leads you to another website by TV Gen that
tells the anatomy of the movie, how to buy or rent it, as well as listing
close matches of the storyline in other movies.--Amy Wolf.
HERBERT, Dune
Film trivia site .
Information on location, plans, effects, casting.--James
Watts.
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