Ep5: YA/MG Books Exploring Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
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English - January 17, 2017 05:00 - 19 minutes - 43.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCourses Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep4: 15 Free Verse Novels To Inspire Your Middle Schoolers
Welcome to Episode #5! My name is Leigh Collazo, and I am a certified school librarian and former middle school English teacher. Let's talk about books! Today's podcast features 10 books for teens and tweens who encounter complex moral and ethical situations.
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TITLES DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S EPISODE:
How to Steal a Dog (Barbara O'Connor)
Awkward (Svetlana Chmakova)
Bystander (James Preller)
Sunny Side Up (Jennifer and Matthew Holm)
Scythe (Neal Shusterman)
Genesis Girl (Jennifer Bardsley)
Hidden (Miriam Halahmy)
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
All the Rage (Courtney Summers)
Kill the Next One (Federico Axat, trans. David Frye)
ALSO MENTIONED:
FirstNews daily videos
5 moral/ethical situations used with my seventh graders (see PowerPoint in podcast blog post)
MUSIC CREDIT:
"Let It Be Christmas" by Nicolai Heidlas. Licensed under Creative Commons, 2016.
"If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” – Roald Dahl