This is the list of books the you are expected to read for the autumn semester
Course: Difference and Minority in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
All books on this page are downloadable. They can also be read directly on this site.
They are all in our preferred format, EPUB, which is the golden standard for ebooks. This format can be read with the Readest app installed on any device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet, phone on either Android or Apple). If you do not wish to install the app, you may read it directly in your browser (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi…) by going to web.readest.com and opening the file in the viewer.
I. Social class
Mark Twain – The Prince and the Pauper (US 1881) – download EPUB format readable with the Readest app installed on any device. Or read directly HERE.
S.E. Hinton – The Outsiders (US 1967) – download EPUB format or MOBI format (Kindle). Or read it directly HERE.
II. Ethnicity
Sandra Cisneros – The House on Mango Street (US, 1983) – download EPUB format. Or read it directly HERE.
III. Race
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird (US, 1960)- download EPUB format. Or in Romanian, EPUB. Or read it directly HERE, and in Romanian HERE.
Beverley Naidoo – Out of Bounds (ZA, 2001) – in EPUB. Or read it directly HERE.
IV. Disabilty
R. J. Palaccio – Wonder (US 2012) – download in EPUB format. Or read it HERE.
Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UK 2003) – download PDF. (there are a lot of images and graphic inserts in this book, which makes it inappropriate for epub formatting).
V. Age
David Walliams – Gangsta Granny (UK, 2011) – in EPUB and in MOBI (kindle) format. Or read it HERE.
VI. Body image
Deborah Blumenthal – Fat Camp (US, 2006) – download in PDF format.
We might change this book in October.
VII. Religion
Katie Henry – Heretics Anonymous (US, 2018) – in EPUB fomat. Or read it directly HERE.
VIII. Sexual ID
Ellen Wittlinger – Hard Love (US, 1999) – download EPUB. Or read it directly HERE.
We might change this book in October.
XI. Giftedness
Roald Dahl – Matilda (UK, 1988) – download in EPUB format, or in PDF. Read directly HERE.