YA Dystopia/Science Fiction Meeting: June 5, 2019

The Southeastern Mass. Reader’s Advisory Roundtable (SE-RART) group holds the fifth meeting of this year’s Young Adult Fiction genre study on Wednesday, June 5, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., at the Queset House, Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, MA.

The benchmark title is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Please read at least the beginning and the end of it, and as much as you can of another book from the YA Dystopia or Science Fiction genre. (See suggestions below.)

Short, additional readings for discussion at the June meeting will be emailed to registered participants. Please register on the MLS Web site!

Please be prepared to talk briefly about the benchmark title and your second title in terms of reader’s advisory appeal factors, as laid out by RA-guru Joyce Saricks:

• Pacing (e.g. breakneck, unhurried, densely written)
• Characterization (e.g. quirky, well developed, ensemble cast)
• Plot/Storyline (e.g. action-oriented, sensual, domestic, sexually explicit)
• Tone/Mood (e.g. gritty, heartwarming, humorous, dark)
• Style/Language (e.g. sophisticated, homespun, frank)
• Frame/Setting (e.g. historical time period, historically accurate or fantastical, amount of historical detail, span of story)

NOTE: If you don’t finish your two novels in time for the meeting, it’s OK just to follow the “Read a Book in Ten Minutes” guidelines in order to be prepared enough to talk about the books in RA terms.

There are many teen dystopian novels, several of which would be good for adults. NPR did a talk about it: For Teens, Dystopian Fiction.

• Stealing Liberty by Jennifer Froelich
• The Dark Intercept by Julia Keller
• Metaltown by Kristen Simmons
• Darklight by Greg L. Turnquist
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Day Moon by Brett Armstrong
• The Six Pack: Emergence by B.W. Morris
• The Fourth Generation by Chris Von Halle
• Insurrection by Kadee Carder
• The Coming Future by Turner & Torres
• Partials by Dan Wells
• Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• The Rains by Gregg Hurwitz
• The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons

Reminder: register RA meeting April 5 at Attleboro Public Library

Here’s the link to register:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Hope to see you there.

Maggie and Laurie