A ppt I presented to probee members of KUTING last November 2013.

1. Reading Choices of Teens
What are the reading preferences of teens?
KUTING Kuwentuhan Series
We weave worlds out of words
Zarah C. Gagatiga
Teacher Librarian, Author, Storyteller
PBBY Board Member representing Librarians
KUTING President 2006 - 2008
http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com

2. Teens. Adolescents.
Who are they?
Young Adults?
Age range: 13 yrs old 21 yrs old
Age range: 22 yrs old35 yrs old
Age of change and
transition
How did the term
YA Lit came
about?

3. Young Adult Literature
Also known as Juvenile Literature
Format/genre: novel, comics and graphic
novels, poetry, short stories
Nonfiction: biographies, memoirs, diaries,
myths, coming of age stories (Bildungsroman)

4. What makes a YA Lit?
Stories are told from the
viewpoint of young people.
Young adult stories often
get rid of all adult figures.
Young adult literature is
fast-paced.

5. What makes a YA Lit?
Young adult literature
includes a variety of
genres and subjects.

6. What makes a YA Lit?
Young adult books are
optimistic and characters
make worthy
accomplishments.
Young adult novels deal
with real emotions.
http://blogforliteracy.blogspot.
com/2009/03/characteristics-of-young-adult.html

7. YALSA: Teens’ Top Ten 2013
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth
Wein (Disney/Hyperion)
The False Prince by Jennifer A.
Nielsen (Scholastic/Scholastic
Press)
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
(Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen
Books)
Pushing the Limits by Katie
McGarry (Harlequin Teen)
5. Poison Princess by Kresley
Cole (Simon & Schuster)
6. The Raven Boys by Maggie
Stiefvater (Scholastic/Scholastic
Press)
7. Crewel by Gennifer Albin
(Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux)
8. Every Day by David Levithan
(Random House/Alfred A. Knopf)
9. Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
(Egmont)
10. Butter by Erin Jade Lange
(Bloomsbury)

8. Survey-surveyan. Pag may time. HS#1
1. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
2. The Infernal Devices Series - The
Clockwork princess
6. The Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia
Funke
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. The Secret Series by Pseudonymous
8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Bosch
4. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
5. The Abundance of Katherines by
John Green.
9. Sophie Kinsela's books
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry

9. Survey-surveyan. Pag may time. HS#2
1. Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada
and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
6. Ten great mysteries by Edgar Allan
Poe
2. Revenge of the whale : the true
story of the whaleship Essex by
Nathaniel Philbrick
7. The Princess Plot by Kirsten Boie
3. An Abundance of Katherines by
John Green
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. Paper towns by John Green
8. The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk by
Donal J. Sobol
9. This is What Happy Looks Like by
Jennifer Smith
10. Let it Snow : three holiday romances
by John Green

10. Survey-surveyan. Pag may time. HS#3
1. Kokology:the Game of Selfdiscovery by Nagao, Tadahiko
2. The Mortal Instruments : city of
bones by Clare, Cassandra
3. The Fault in Our Stars by Green,
John
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone by Rowling, J.K.
5. Diary of a Wimpy kid : the third
Wheel by Kinney, Jeff
6. The Mortal Instruments: city of ashes
by Clare, Cassandra
7. Lock and Key by Dessen, Sarah
8. Paper Towns by Green, John
9. The Mortal Instruments: city of glass
by Clare, Cassandra
10. The Candymakers by Mass, Wendy
What are your observations?
Any comments / reactions?

11. What is John Green’s secret?
- Engaging narators
- Social media master
- Marketing genius

12. Choice is influenced by:
1. Friends and trends
5. Genre and literary format
2. School requirement
6. Economics and access to
books
3. Media and technology
4. Book cover and design
Bakit walang Filipiniana
titles?! BAKIT?!!!

13. Mini-workshop
What books did you
read when you were a
teenager?
Which book was the
most memorable?
What made the book a
meaningful or an
unforgetable read?
What is the YA
novel you dream
of writing?

14. KUTING KUWENTUHAN NA!
BUZZ GROUP /
BIG GROUP
SHARING
OPEN FORUM
Q&A