Katie's Last Activity- Reviews of the Ed640 Ado/YA Literature Titles

• Favorite book from each genre:
• Contemporary Realistic Fiction: Wonder- heartwarming characters
• Historical Fiction: The Red Umbrella- interesting exploration into a historical event that isn't talked about as much
• Science Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopia: The Hunger Games-fascinating premise and I like the insight into reality television
• Nonfiction/Information: Steve Jobs: Genius by Design- extremely relevant
• Adventure/Mystery: Paper Towns- funny, witty characters
• Diversity/Multicultural/Cultural Differences: Shine- blends a lot of taboo topics in an honest, yet artistic way
• Ranking for BEST OVERALL book:
• Wonder
• Perks of Being a Wallflower
• The Hunger Games
• The Red Umbrella
• Paper Towns
• Shine
• Most vivid description of setting: Bonechiller
• Bonechiller vividly described the freeing temperatures and mindsets of the people who live there in terms of their toughness/resilience. Also, freezing/coldness was largely used throughout the text as a metaphor for being emotionally cold or numb in one's own life
• Best use of purposeful, meaningful dialogue: Shine
• In Shine, Lauren Myracle uses beautiful language to really hit at the same themes and highlight the same symbols throughout the story, specifically in terms of light (enlightenment, feeling light/free, bringing light to harsh realities). 
• Most likely to be adapte into an award-winning screenplay: Wonder
• I don't know about award-winning perse, but I think Wonder would be an amazing movie that people of all ages would go to and enjoy. I think the characters feel so real and that the beginning, middle, and end has such fluidity that it would look great on screen. The multiple perspectives of the narrators could also easily remain intact. I could picture there being like the visual illustration from the novel of the character who is about to narrate and then you hearing their voice. It would be tricky overall, but I think it would be a huge hit.