Instructor
Shana Youngdahl
Class Type
Workshop & Literature
Course Description
This course will look at texts that retell famous tales for the contemporary Young Adult and Middle-Grade reader. We will consider why authors choose retellings, what makes a strong retelling, and why readers keep returning to updates of classic tales. Students will read extensively and then compose a retold short story. Readings may include retellings of Edger Allen Poe, Shakespeare, myths, and more.
Textbook
Legendborn
Tracey Deonn
ISBN: 9781398501874 or 9781534441613
These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
ISBN: 9781529344554 or 9781665921763 or 9781529344530
His Hideous Heart
Dahlia Alder
ISBN: 9781250302793
The Jumbies
Tracey Baptiste
ISBN: 9781616205928
Escaping Mr. Rochester
LL McKinney
ISBN: 9780062986269 or 9780062986283