Articles:

Coming soon to e-Reserves:

Gillespie, J. (2005). "It would be fund to do again": Multigenre responses to literature. Journal of Adolescent Literature & Adult Literacy, 48(8), 678-684.

Glazier, J. & Seo, J. (2005). Multicultural literature and discussion as mirror or window? Journal of Adolescent Literature & Adult Literacy, 48(8), 686-700.

Tighe, M.A. (2005). Reviving Ophelila with young adult literature. The ALAN Review, 33(1), 56-61.

Waiting for Educational Leadership to arrive!

Educational Leadership, April 2006, Teaching the Tweens:
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.a4dbd0f2c4f9b94cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/;jsessionid=DEvgsuJ0DCVW9jMxiIaRKCoGG
Many possibilities including "A Conversation with Louis Sachar" by Kathy Checkley and "The Relevance of Young Adult Literature" by B. Joyce Stallworth

Books:

Lesesne, T. (2006). Naked reading: Uncovering what tweens need to become lifelong readers. Stenhouse, 2006.
http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8984&r=sb060324

Serafini, F. & Giogis, C. (2003). Reading aloud and beyond: Fostering the intellectual life with older readers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Websites:

ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) Online: http://www.alan-ya.org/2/

ALAN Review: 1995-2003: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/

Blue Web'N: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Blue Ribbon- winning sites identified by AT & T

Filamentality: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/index.html
Free "fill-in-the-blank" online teaching tools

Graphic Novels Boost Interest in Reading among Students with Disabilities: http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/050906_graphic_novels.htm

Ontario Ministry of Education: Think Literacy: http://curriculum.org/thinkliteracy/
How to embed literacy strategies in instruction and teach themes (streaming video) and current research

Nancy Keane's Readalikes: http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Readalikes
If you liked Stargirl, then…

NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals): Adolescent Literacy: What Do We Know? http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/sec.asp?CID=858&DID=52759

North Central Regional Education Laboratory: Adolescent Literacy: http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/

ReadWriteThink.org: Online Literacy/Literature-based Lesson Plans and Units: http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
Search by grade band and literacy strand

WebQuest Guru Tom March's Web site: http://bestwebquests.com/
WebQuests by content areas and grade levels

WebQuests by Bernie Dodge (the originator) - http://webquest.org/
Searchable by title/description, author, and URL plus a content-area and grade-level matrix (Sadly, there are many dead links on this site.)