{"id":18434,"date":"2020-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=18434&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=18434"},"modified":"2024-08-31T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T14:18:52","slug":"teen-lit-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/","title":{"rendered":"#vted Reads at Teen Lit Mob 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18434-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Teen-Lit-Mob-2019.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Teen-Lit-Mob-2019.mp3\">https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Teen-Lit-Mob-2019.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>I&#8217;m Jeanie Phillips: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/vted-reads\/\">welcome to #vted Reads<\/a>, the podcast by for and with Vermont educators. And today, with Vermont students as well! We recorded this episode at last year&#8217;s Teen Lit Mob.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Teen Lit Mob, you ask?<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_22409\"  width=\"525\" height=\"295\"  data-origwidth=\"525\" data-origheight=\"295\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZelkKmoKlA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"What&#039;s Teen Lit Mob?\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BZelkKmoKlA\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Teen Lit Mob is Vermont&#8217;s only book-related conference specifically for young adult readers. Students from all around the state converge in a big joyful mass and squee about what they&#8217;re reading. They meet authors and get free books and did we mention the squeeing? So. Much. Squeeing.<\/p>\n<p>And Teen Lit Mob is super important. Here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes. Close them! (Unless you&#8217;re listening to this while driving; safety first.) Now think back: what was your favorite book when you were in, say, 8th grade?<\/p>\n<p>Did you have folks you could tell about it? Folks who&#8217;d grasp your hands and just bounce wildly up and down sharing the absolute JOY of finding and loving, that one perfect book?<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s Teen Lit Mob: squee! bouncing! friendship! books! a bedazzled megaphone! books and squee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18434 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Teen Lit Mob organizer and Master of Ceremonies: librarian Lisa Buckton opens the conference via tabletop address.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-9-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23940'>\n\t\t\t\tTeen Lit Mob organizer and Master of Ceremonies: librarian Lisa Buckton opens the conference via tabletop address.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Welcome to Teen Lit Mob! Volunteers at the registration desk checked in attendees, handed out complimentary bags of books and helped with name tags.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23935'>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to Teen Lit Mob! Volunteers at the registration desk checked in attendees, handed out complimentary bags of books and helped with name tags. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Teen Lit Mob features lots and lots and LOTS of free books. And with free books comes a book swap table!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-7-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23936'>\n\t\t\t\tTeen Lit Mob features lots and lots and LOTS of free books. And with free books comes a book swap table!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Did we mention the free books at Teen Lit Mob?\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-8-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23937'>\n\t\t\t\tDid we mention the free books at Teen Lit Mob?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Guest authors at Teen Lit Mob 2019: (l to r) Kekla Magoon, Stephanie Zuppo, Cori McCarthy, Ann Davila Cardinal, Mackenzi Lee.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-11-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23938'>\n\t\t\t\tGuest authors at Teen Lit Mob 2019: (l to r) Kekla Magoon, Stephanie Zuppo, Cori McCarthy, Ann Davila Cardinal, Mackenzi Lee.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-13-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Thank you to every student who came by our booth to chat!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-13-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23939'>\n\t\t\t\tThank you to every student who came by our booth to chat!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"VT author Kekla Magoon hosted a writing workshop for attendees, discussing how to translate ideas to publication.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-12-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23941'>\n\t\t\t\tVT author Kekla Magoon hosted a writing workshop for attendees, discussing how to translate ideas to publication.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/teen-lit-mob\/teen-lit-mob-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Teen-Lit-Mob-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23934'>\n\t\t\t\tThank you to the 2019 Teen Lit Mob crowd! An amazing party for students and authors.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>*deep breath*<\/p>\n<p>So *we* showed up at Teen Lit Mob last year, and asked some of the attendees one simple, VITAL question: What book do you wish was being taught in your school?<\/p>\n<p>Warning: #vted Reads assumes no responsibility for how badly this episode messes up your To Be Read list.<\/p>\n<p>*whisper* Let&#8217;s chat!<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Sloan and I go to CVU.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30256109-american-street?from_search=true&amp;qid=oVTscVdpgE&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23967\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/american_street.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover: American Street, by Ibi Zoboi\" width=\"316\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/american_street.jpg 316w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/american_street-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Sloan, thank you for talking to me. What book do you wish your teachers were teaching?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sloan:<\/strong> Probably<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30256109-american-street?from_search=true&amp;qid=FonopE78cD&amp;rank=1\"><em> American Street<\/em><\/a> by Ibi Zoboi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sloan:<\/strong> I think it&#8217;s such a beautiful like, story, about somebody who goes to, like America. Somebody who&#8217;s really open-minded and really kind and really sweet. Everything is set up for her not to succeed and it shows how many people in this country, like, even if you come in with the best intentions, how the system is kind of setup against you. Like there&#8217;s more than one perspective of how you experience.<\/p>\n<h4>I&#8217;m Celia and I go to CVU.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40163296-black-is-the-body?from_search=true&amp;qid=FF61xOacDe&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23968\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_is_the_body.jpg\" alt=\"Black is the Body, by Emily Bernard\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_is_the_body.jpg 267w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_is_the_body-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish that my teachers would teach the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40163296-black-is-the-body?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=isWD67ICZg&amp;rank=1\"><em>Black is the Body<\/em><\/a> by Emily Bernard. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cas\/english\/profiles\/emily_bernard\">She&#8217;s a professor at UVM of English<\/a>. And her book has a lot to do about Black identity, especially in Vermont. I can imagine those essays fitting in in a class that has anything to do with diversity and race &#8212; like a social studies class &#8212; but also, in English class. Because not only does Emily talk about her experiences in her books, she talks about teaching English classes and the relation to race. How her students learn about it and become uncomfortable intentionally. And I think that&#8217;s a really unique perspective we don&#8217;t hear a lot in Vermont. So, I think any student in Vermont would benefit from reading the book but I think especially in English or social studies class.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Christine. I go to school at Peoples Academy.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40727470-stalking-jack-the-ripper?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=kPYpviwgpV&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23969\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stalking_jack_the_ripper.jpg\" alt=\"Stalking Jack the Riper, by Kerri Mansicalco\" width=\"294\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stalking_jack_the_ripper.jpg 294w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stalking_jack_the_ripper-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish that my teachers would teach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40727470-stalking-jack-the-ripper?from_search=true&amp;qid=k2zvQbRcLm&amp;rank=1\"><em>Stalking Jack the Ripper<\/em><\/a>, which is a new book that came out. It&#8217;s kind of like a fantasy while also historical. So I think it&#8217;s really interesting. At our school, we have a sci-fi and dystopia class? So, it would probably fit in there. But also, my English teacher does a lot of creative things. So, it&#8217;s not just the classics, like <em>Great Gatsby<\/em>, which we&#8217;re starting right now but it&#8217;s also some of the more interesting things.<\/p>\n<h4>Hi. My name is Isabel and I go to school at Peoples Academy High School.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36341204-what-if-it-s-us?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=UewarTjNtr&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23970 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/what_if_its_us.jpg\" alt=\"What If It's Us, by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/what_if_its_us.jpg 314w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/what_if_its_us-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36341204-what-if-it-s-us?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=xp69ZwH5NB&amp;rank=1\"><em>What If It&#8217;s Us<\/em>.<\/a> I just really like the book, and because it&#8217;s by two different authors who write two different like, styles? And then it goes back and forth and it&#8217;s really good.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Steven and I go to Peoples Academy in Morristown, Vermont.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7126.The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=fN53EnnNGP&amp;rank=1#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23972\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mtcristo.jpg\" alt=\"The Count of Mt Cristo, by Alexander Dumas\" width=\"307\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mtcristo.jpg 307w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mtcristo-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really wish we were teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7126.The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=fN53EnnNGP&amp;rank=1\"><em>The Count of Monte Cristo<\/em><\/a>, one of my favorite books by Alexander Dumas.<\/p>\n<p>I just love how the whole entire aspect of the book is created and like all the different characters, the main character gets to play as. It&#8217;s super exciting and I really think that a lot of people could learn from the book. It&#8217;s so good. It was one of the books I actually got into, like historical fiction. Which got me real excited about this Teen Lit Mob, which we&#8217;re actually doing today, so.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0I am Noel. I go to CVU High School.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23437156-six-of-crows?from_search=true&amp;qid=p7v1794u5Y&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23973\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/six_of_crows.jpg\" alt=\"Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/six_of_crows.jpg 314w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/six_of_crows-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, a friend of mine recently introduced me to a wonderful book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23437156-six-of-crows?from_search=true&amp;qid=4Abug5n6iK&amp;rank=1\"><em>Six of Crows<\/em><\/a>. It&#8217;s extremely representational. It has several queer characters but it doesn&#8217;t shove it in your face the way some books do, which is, in my opinion, a very poor method of representation. Whereas <em>Six of Crows<\/em>, it&#8217;s just there. Just how it is in real life. And it is extremely well told and from multiple different perspectives. It shows multi-faceted characters; so many different very complex characters. It really lets you understand all of their motivations. And it&#8217;s just a tremendously related example of how one person can understand what&#8217;s going on in so many people&#8217;s heads.<\/p>\n<h4>I&#8217;m Ashka and I go to Mount Abe.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6690979-black-butler-vol-1?from_search=true&amp;qid=OoM534mkBO&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23974\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_butler.jpg\" alt=\"Black Butler Vol 1, by Yana Toboso\" width=\"318\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_butler.jpg 318w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/black_butler-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always been interested in graphic novels and they&#8217;re easier for me to read. <em>Black Butler<\/em> is a manga set. It&#8217;s like you read it back to front and left to right. Ask people like what their favorite book is and see if we like that, graphic novel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Great ideas. Thank you so much, Ashka. Did I say that right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashka:<\/strong> Yeah. Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Okay. Great. Thank you.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Katrina. Most people know me as Artie, though. And I go to Burr &amp; Burton Academy.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/256683.City_of_Bones?from_search=true&amp;qid=D1zE93yR9b&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23975\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city_of_bones.jpg\" alt=\"City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare\" width=\"315\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city_of_bones.jpg 315w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city_of_bones-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish my teachers taught more fantasy because I don&#8217;t see a lot of fantasy. And, so, I think I&#8217;d have to say a good place to start would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/256683.City_of_Bones?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=JlrQstDka0&amp;rank=1\"><em>City of Bones<\/em><\/a> by Cassandra Clare. She&#8217;s the newer version of the fantasy queen (versus J.K. Rowling).<\/p>\n<p><em>City of Bones<\/em> takes place in this mystical world that takes place just underneath human&#8217;s noses. Kind of like the Harry Potter world but there&#8217;s more diversity. It&#8217;s not just wizards. There&#8217;s warlocks, fairies, werewolves, vampires and demons. And the four factions that I named are all part demon. They have to be controlled by shaman hunters\u00a0 &#8212; which are demon hunters &#8212; in order to make sure they don&#8217;t hurt people. Generally, they can keep check on themselves because they&#8217;re half human ,so they do have some reason. But demons love hurting people because it&#8217;s what gives them life. And, so, the shaman hunters have to take care of these people.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s this girl Clary, who finds out she&#8217;s one of these people after thinking she&#8217;s been human for so long. And she&#8217;s just thrown into this chaotic world that her dad wants to screw up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Ooh. You&#8217;ve convinced me! I want to read the book.<\/p>\n<h4>My name&#8217;s Maria. I go to Woodstock Union High School.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone?from_search=true&amp;qid=gK32owDc6W&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23976\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children_of_blood_and_bone.jpg\" alt=\"Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi\" width=\"317\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children_of_blood_and_bone.jpg 317w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children_of_blood_and_bone-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I wish my teachers were teaching <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=lECpA2COaD&amp;rank=1\">Children of Blood and Bone<\/a>,<\/em> by Tomi Adeyemi. (I can&#8217;t pronounce her name; I&#8217;m very sorry!) But there&#8217;s just so much diversity. And like diversity in a fictional fantasy world,? It&#8217;s like, really hard to find. I like them so well. The gods and religion is shown there and these are really magical. And the writing is fantastic.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Jade and I go to Peoples Academy.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone?from_search=true&amp;qid=gK32owDc6W&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23977\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bad_beginning.jpg\" alt=\"The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket\" width=\"318\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bad_beginning.jpg 318w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bad_beginning-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would have to go with probably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/78411.The_Bad_Beginning?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=eZhmsa37L5&amp;rank=1\"><em>The Bad Beginning<\/em><\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/42069-a-series-of-unfortunate-events\">A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/a>. Because when I was younger, I really liked reading the series. So, if like they were to teach it, I&#8217;d be really happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7896527-throne-of-glass?from_search=true&amp;qid=57nNZGaKpy&amp;rank=1\"><em>Throne of Glass<\/em><\/a> by Sarah J. Maas. That&#8217;s a very good book. It&#8217;s about a girl who is taken captive in like, a castle, and is trained to be a champion but was already trained as an assassin when she was little.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Wow. It&#8217;s fantasy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> It sounds thrilling!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> It is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Excellent.<\/p>\n<h4>I&#8217;m Carly. I go to school at CVU.<\/h4>\n<h4>And I&#8217;m Emily and I also go to school at CVU.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> What books do you wish your teachers were teaching?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carly:<\/strong> I just think a lot more inclusive books. Books with people of color, books with queer community. It&#8217;s starting to be integrated into the academic thing. But it&#8217;s just not as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily:<\/strong> Yeah. I mean that&#8217;s really important and I definitely agree with that. And I also think that maybe &#8212; like I don&#8217;t want to say more interesting books, but less like &#8212; more relevant kind of. I don&#8217;t know how to explain it, but like we do a lot of Shakespeare and<em> Lord of the Flies<\/em>. I feel like there are other books that can get those same messages across that are like more modern day, I guess.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Ruby and I go to Champlain Valley Union High School.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=U8xbBInRmY&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23978\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pride_and_prejudice.jpg\" alt=\"Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen\" width=\"291\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pride_and_prejudice.jpg 291w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pride_and_prejudice-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really wish we did Jane Austen. Or just kind of any book&#8230; that doesn&#8217;t have&#8230; a really gross misogynistic male main character. Or if it does, that that&#8217;s a bad thing and not just a generally accepted character trait. Like, her work like doesn&#8217;t pass the reverse Bechdel Test. Like it&#8217;s just really fun to read. It&#8217;d be nice to have narratives in the classroom that are about women. I think it&#8217;s cool because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=7muQWqYxvk&amp;rank=1\">Mr. Darcy<\/a> is a flawed male character and kind of like&#8230; a bit toxically masculine. But he changes? And it&#8217;s just a thing that happens, and it&#8217;s good and it&#8217;s not a weakness or anything. It&#8217;s just him becoming a better person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> And, so, tell me &#8212; sorry, Ruby. I&#8217;m just so interested in this. Do you read many books written by or about women in class now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruby:<\/strong> Well, I think part of it is just the curriculum and then what fits that. But you can find as many female authors for anything as you can male. But we read <em>The Odyssey<\/em> earlier this year. Which was interesting because I really like Greek mythology, but also, Odysseus is a pain. *laughs* Like, he is just really grossly misogynistic and stuff and it&#8217;s never addressed at all. Especially because we were reading the journey chapters. So, the whole thing is he&#8217;s telling it to this king, trying to impress him. So, it just shows how acceptable it was to be so grossly misogynistic and how it was even seen as a good thing. Because this is what he&#8217;s telling the king about on his journey to try and impress him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> And were you able to talk about that in class?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruby:<\/strong> Yeah, we were. I really like my humanities teachers. But it&#8217;s just the reading itself can be sometimes a bit much like we criticize it quite a bit for these reasons.<\/p>\n<h4>My name is Maeve and I go to U-32 High School.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2657.To_Kill_a_Mockingbird?from_search=true&amp;qid=5lxOoYcgZa&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23979\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/to_kill_a_Mockingbird.jpg\" alt=\"To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee\" width=\"307\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/to_kill_a_Mockingbird.jpg 307w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/to_kill_a_Mockingbird-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, the books we read in our class for ninth graders is comp and lit &#8212; or composition and literature. We read a few different books throughout the year. But none of them are really written currently in today&#8217;s culture, even if it&#8217;s not a current book. Just written by an author who&#8217;s part of today&#8217;s society, I think would be a really helpful and valuable. Something that could really help us benefit from the books more than reading. Something that&#8217;s still important and relevant but it&#8217;s not as necessarily as interesting.<\/p>\n<p>For example, we read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2657.To_Kill_a_Mockingbird?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=m0zVumUdfz&amp;rank=1\"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/a>. And it&#8217;s like it&#8217;s a very good book. It speaks to some very important issues. But it&#8217;s also just, in my opinion, not a super interesting book. And it doesn&#8217;t necessarily teach, I think, some of the things that a current author would be able to do, especially with like today&#8217;s &#8212; all of today&#8217;s technology information.<\/p>\n<h4>Jeanie: Hi. Tell me your names and where you go to school?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28954189-scythe?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=PRuwiA64Wt&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24000\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scythe.jpg\" alt=\"Teen Lit Mob: Scythe, by Neal Shusterman\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scythe.jpg 314w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scythe-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> My name is Riley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> I\u2019m Amelia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuben:<\/strong> And I\u2019m Reuben. And we all go to CVU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Thanks for joining me. Tell me what books do you wish your teachers were teaching in the classroom?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> We had a bit of a discussion about this book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28954189-scythe?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=PRuwiA64Wt&amp;rank=1\"><em>Scythe,<\/em><\/a> which was written by&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Neal Shusterman?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> Neal Shusterman, yep. And actually the third one of the trilogy was just announced. We all agreed that, that was one of the books that should be really taught in schools. Because a lot of times we now analyze different books, and talk about the metaphors and different meanings. And <em>Scythe<\/em> is really just thoughtful with them. There\u2019s all sorts of inner meanings that you can read into it and it\u2019s really interesting to see, kind of as a philosophical thought experiment.<\/p>\n<p>If death is no longer possible really, how would people act? It\u2019s fascinating. Like, in the book there\u2019s a profession: your job is just to go and die, like for the entertainment of another [specific] person. In that universe, people can\u2019t die except through very specific means. So it&#8217;sa legal profession. It\u2019s just, it\u2019s a really interesting philosophy that book takes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> I love that book. And I think you\u2019re right, there\u2019s so many interesting questions. There&#8217;s so much going on. That &#8220;The Thunderhead&#8221; has been compared to the internet and how much power it has. That is a really intriguing book. I think you\u2019re right it would help us have really rich conversations about current social issues.<\/p>\n<h4>Other texts you might suggest to your teachers? Other books?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Reuben<\/strong>: I would suggest the book <em>Children of Blood and Bone<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Oh yeah!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuben:<\/strong> The reason I found intriguing is because it gives us a lot of the topics you already have now, such as not segregation, but more discrimination towards specific groups? And the targeting of very specific attributes that make that group what they are? So with the <em>Children of Blood and Bone<\/em> series, it was mostly just targeting those who are able to form magic.<\/p>\n<p>And what I find interesting about that is that although it is chemistry-based, it does tackle all the issues we have regarding the inner violence within some communities. How we don\u2019t necessarily understand another community or ethnicity group, ethnicities, much more than that. And how we don\u2019t understand other groups&#8217; particular traditions, and what they value and so I feel like it be an excellent book to have students talk about. Mostly because it would encourage a lot of conversation regarding heavy topics such as that and it would give someone who\u2019s going through some of these issues &#8212; maybe they might be able to relate &#8212; a way to be easier for them to talk about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Yeah, yeah. That is a really awesome book. I love the way it illuminates power: who has power, and who gets discriminated against just because they don\u2019t have power, right? It\u2019s a great book to talk about racism and Black Lives Matter and other powers, like (instead of going on for an hour today). It\u2019s also really violent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> It\u2019s so violent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> And gripping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Amelia, do you have a suggestion for us?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t really have a specific book suggestion, just more kind of a suggestion, for the kinds of themes that would be much appreciated, to kind of put a spot light on literacy. Particularly books having to do with relationships that are not male and female. Where you have people who are gay, lesbian or transgender. Just books that deal with that, and any kind of topic or situation, just because it will help normalize this idea that not everybody loves the opposite gender and that they can love freely. And that\u2019ll really help encourage younger generations to kind of grow up with this idea that different is normal and not to be afraid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Yes. Amelia, what you&#8217;re reminding me of is that many books in the canon, many other books that get taught? Don\u2019t have diverse representation of any kind?<\/p>\n<p><b>Amelia:<\/b> Exactly.<\/p>\n<h4>Jeanie: It feels really important that we all be able to see ourselves in books.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> Right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> And then we all get to see people that are not like us in books, too. Some of us *only* get to see books about people that are not like us. And that kind of stinks. Yeah. Those are great answers! Any other suggestions for teachers, educators, out in the world around literature?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> I just I think which is books that take that are written in modern times. Because a lot of, a lot of classes try to make parallels between like this book and modern issues, and I think a lot of our books do that very well. But, but I think that because it\u2019s written in the past time, there\u2019s a lot of just ideas that, that can be made parallel but don\u2019t translate as easily? And I think it more important to talk about topics that are more relevant. Which is going to be founded books that are written more recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10836728-the-rook?from_search=true&amp;qid=jJBuiAeAjJ&amp;rank=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24002\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-rook.jpg\" alt=\"Teen Lit Mob: The Rook\" width=\"258\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-rook.jpg 258w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-rook-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Reuben:<\/strong> I would say books that revolve more on focusing on the political climate of some locations?<\/h4>\n<p>There was a book I read recently called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10836728-the-rook?from_search=true&amp;qid=jJBuiAeAjJ&amp;rank=1\"><em>The Rook<\/em><\/a> which although it is, again, fantasy, and focuses on supernatural whereabouts in London. It touches heavily on how an action that we don\u2019t necessarily think can have many multiple consequences. That each go in o a diplomatic scale, which can drastically effect how the climate of the work environment or healthy climate of the population is affected. I feel like there aren\u2019t a lot of books that we do talk that are political and do relate to politics but most of the books and again as Riley mentioned, kind of aren&#8217;t set in the modern world. And so we don\u2019t have any way of actually understanding how that politics relate to the ear it was written in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> That\u2019s really thought provoking, thank you.<\/p>\n<h4>Last words, Amelia?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> I just really think that it\u2019s important that teachers and school administrators really stress that importance in diversity but also how are all the same and we may look differently, we may act different but really we are all just human.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> I think <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/check-please-hockey-with-peter-langella\/\">your librarian, <\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Peter Langella, does a program about\u00a0 reading for empathy. Right? It talks about empathy books. And I think that too: reading characters that are different than me, allowing us to step in somebody else\u2019s shoes, that feels really important. Is that what you\u2019re saying to Amelia?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> Yeah. Being able to empathize with people you normally would not on the surface see as yourself? Allows you to broaden your worldscape. And kind of make it easier to just step into other people\u2019s shoes in the real world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanie:<\/strong> Yes, I love that phrase, broaden your world scape. That\u2019s my new goal in life: to broaden my worldscape through literature. Thank you all three so much for talking to me about books. You guys are amazing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riley:<\/strong> No problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia:<\/strong> Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuben:<\/strong> Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Teen Lit Mob is coming up March 27th 2020 at U-32 in Montpelier. 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