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Romeo and Juliet and Tyrell: Diversifying the Young Adult Reading List

The Crossover, Kwame Alexander
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander

As a teacher of teachers at LSU, Steve Bickmore is focused on getting teachers to expand reading lists to include more books like that reflect their students’ lives, like Jaqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, Coe Booth's Tyrell, and Kwame Alexander's Crossover. And he’ll be highlighting that at LSU’s upcoming conference on the theme of African-American cultures in young adult literature, May 31-June 5. 

 

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