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61. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Nonfiction Roundup
    With each annual crop of new nonfiction, teens have the opportunity to discover and explore new disciplinary worlds. Tune in to hear about an array of recently-published nonfiction titles that will engage teens in learning about history, science, economics, and medicine. You'll hear about junk food and advertising, the atomic bomb and civil rights, bird watching and volcanoes – books written in a variety of formats for a variety of teen readers.
62. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Reading Text Sets
    Tune in to hear about texts sets organized around themes such as revolution and espionage, relationships with brothers and fathers, and buying and selling in America.
63. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Reporting on Teen Book Awards
    Each year the America Library Association's list of teen book awards provides readers with a huge variety of quality reading recommendations. You'll hear about stories of espionage, climate change, and dragons; middle school theater, political revolutions, coping with cancer, and more.
64. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Resilience Literature
    In this episode, you'll hear about teens who are dealing with a range of obstacles and hardships. Odd as it may sound, some of the books are funny. Others are suspenseful page-turners. What they all have in common is a main character who finds him or herself in a terrible situation, but finds a way to respond with strength and hope.
    
65. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Sampling Short Stories
    In this episode you'll hear about a great variety of story collections organized around topics ranging from sports to prom, guns to ghosts.
66. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Science Books for Teens
    Books about science allow readers to encounter new concepts, ask new questions, and discover what we can learn simply by paying close attention to our surroundings. You'll hear about ecology and climate change, food production, infectious disease, ancient human history, the universe, and our power as humans for both ingenuity and destruction.
67. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Smart Romance
    Tune in to hear about an array of recently-published smart romance titles that feature male as well as female narrators, gay as well as straight relationships, and stories of love unfolding in a variety of circumstances.
    
68. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Still Worth Reading
    Given the current level of energy and enthusiasm for young adult literature, now is a good time to pause and look beyond current bestsellers to older, lesser-known titles: that is, young adult novels from the past that never grabbed the popular culture spotlight but are still worth reading.
69. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Stories of Suspense
    In this episode, you'll hear about a range of titles that rely on some form of action, mystery, or suspense to draw teens into a page-turning storyline.
70. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Talking about Text Complexity
    In this episode, you'll hear about a variety of books that may deepen our thinking about complex texts, including collections of poems and works of historical fiction, graphic novels and informational texts, and novels built on interwoven storylines. Together they offer reading options for teens with diverse interests, tastes, and sensibilities.

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