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This text offers secondary ELA educators guided instructional approaches for including queer-themed young adult (YA) literature in the English language arts classroom.
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INTRODUCTIONHenry "Cody" Miller and Paula Greathouse
CHAPTER 1The History of Queer Young Adult Literature
Michael Cart and Joan F. Kaywell
CHAPTER 2Rhetorical Analysis of Black Queer Narratives through
All Boys Aren't BlueLaMar Timmons-Long
CHAPTER 3Characterization and Symbolism in Superhero-Themed Graphic Novels with
You Brought Me the OceanRené M. Rodríguez-Astacio
CHAPTER 4 Color Palettes and Peculiar Panels: Studying Narrative Structure in Tillie Walden's
On A SunbeamNicole Amato and Jenna Spiering
CHAPTER 5"About Being Free": Exploring Identity, Queerness, and Radical Possibility through Verse in
The Black Flamingoshea wesley martin
CHAPTER 6"to go somewhere I knew someone would see me": Narrative Structure, Flashbacks, and Social
Worlds in Candice Iloh's
Every Body LookingRyan Burns
CHAPTER 7Exploring
The Prom as Texts and Symbol
Terri Suico
CHAPTER 8Focusing on Marginalized Identities through Imagery: A Fairy Tale Retelling and Remix with
Dark and Deepest RedSummer Melody Pennell
CHAPTER 9Queering Literary Close Reading with
The FascinatorsScott Storm
CHAPTER 10Exploring Blackness, Queerness and Liberation through
The Stars and the Blackness Between ThemDanelle Adeniji, Brittany Frieson, Tatyana Jimenez-Macias, Kristin Rasbury, Kyle Wright and Amanda Vickery
CHAPTER 11Felix Ever After: A Mystery in Progress
Lucy A. Garcia and Megan Lynn Isaac
CHAPTER 12Exploring Characterization Narratives with
Chulito: A NovelGabriel T. Acevedo Velázquez
CHAPTER 13Multimodal Exploration of Identity in
The Music of What HappensAnthony Celaya & Joseph D. Sweet
CHAPTER 14Multimodal Analysis of Characters and Settings in
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
E. Sybil Durand
ABOUT THE EDITORS ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS SUBJECT INDEX
About the author
Paula Greathouse, Ph.D., is a clinical assistant professor at the University of West Florida where she works in the doctoral program. She was a secondary English and Reading teacher for sixteen years. Henry “Cody” Miller is an assistant professor of English education at SUNY Brockport. Prior to that role, he taught high school English in Florida for seven years. He served as the chair of the LGBTQ Advisory Board for the National Council of Teachers of English from 2018-2021. His scholarship has appeared in publications like The English Journal, ALAN Review, English Leadership Quarterly, among others.
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This text offers secondary ELA educators guided instructional approaches for including queer-themed young adult (YA) literature in the English language arts classroom.
