Shakespeare and Young Adult Literature

Victor Malo-Juvera is a former middle school teacher and current associate professor of English Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he teaches courses in young adult literature and multicultural young adult literature.Paula Greathouse is associate professor of secondary English Education at Tennessee Tech where she teaches English methods and literacy courses. She was a secondary English and Reading teacher for sixteen years. Brooke Eisenbach is associate professor of Middle and Secondary Education at Lesley University. She was a middle school English language arts and Adolescent Literature teacher for nine years, and an online English teacher for two years.

• INTRODUCTIONPairing and Teaching Shakespeare with Young Adult LiteratureVictor Malo-Juvera and Paula GreathouseCHAPTER 1Engaging the Classics through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Reading Jacqueline Woodson’s If You Come Softly as Complement to Romeo and JulietSusan Groenke CHAPTER 2Betrayal, Brotherhood, and Belonging: Language and Power in Julius Caesar and The Chocolate WarMelanie Hundley and Sarah K. BurrissCHAPTER 3Revenge, Mental Health, and Suicide: Pairing Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Matthew Quick’s Forgive Me, Leonard PeacockJoseph P. HaugheyCHAPTER 4 Reading Hamlet and Monster to Study IdentityAmy Connelly Banks and Chris CroweCHAPTER 5What is the price of ambition? Teaching Macbeth with On the Come UpJen McConnelCHAPTER 6Using All American Boys to Contextualize Othello: An Exploration in AlterityJennifer S. Dail and Michelle B. GoodsiteCHAPTER 7Othello and My Friend Dahmer: Examining the Beast WithinLisa ScherffCHAPTER 8Monsters Matter: Reimagining Caliban Using Monster TheoryLaura Bolf-BeliveauCHAPTER 9Shakespeare VS. The Homosapien Agenda: Exploring Gender in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda Pauline Skowron Schmidt and Matthew Kruger-RossCHAPTER 10Secrets and Spies: E. Lockhart’s The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and Shakespeare’s Much Ado about NothingMegan Lynn IsaacCHAPTER 11To Write or Not to Write – That’s the QuestionBryan Ripley CrandallABOUT THE EDITORS ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX OF SHAKESPEARE AND YA TEXTSSUBJECT INDEX

Not since Herz and Gallo’s groundbreaking text, From Hinton to Hamlet, first appeared in 1996 have scholars addressed the connection between Shakespeare’s plays and quality Young Adult Literature. The editors bring together YA scholars who inform teachers how Shakespeare’s commonly taught plays pair with robust selections from YA literature. If you think your reading taste buds are too refined for YA Literature, please look at the compelling arguments contained in this volume.