YA Lit Class - Session 10; Book cover collage for the YA room

Last night in my YA Lit class, we discussed both graphic novels and novels in verse. (Originally these topics were split into two separate classes, but we decided to combine them and finish up one week earlier this summer.) The books generated some great discussion points! We also did a craft involving clay sculptures, but I am not going to post a picture of my sculpture because it was sooooo bad. It kind of looked like a gingerbread man but it was supposed to be a man. Oops! :)

I plan to post mini reviews of this week's books soon - I'll do a post for all the graphic novels tomorrow and then a post for the novels in verse on Sunday. Here are the books we discussed:

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Crossing Stones by Helen Frost


All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg


Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Weatherford

In other news, our YA librarian put up some fun book collage covers in the YA room. I got to help make some of the collages! Check 'em out: