State Library of Louisiana

2017 LTRC Study Guide and Additional Resources

• Publisher’s discussion guide: http://books.simonandschuster.com/100-Sideways-Miles/Andrew-Smith/9781442444959/reading_group_guide 

• Author websites: http://www.authorandrewsmith.com/Author_Andrew_Smith/Home.html, https://twitter.com/marburyjack, http://ghostmedicine.blogspot.com/

• Skype: Yes

• Video of Andrew Smith talking about his book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRG5cZIkQfk

• Study guide made by LSU SLIS graduate students

• Author websites: http://www.sarahm.com/, https://twitter.com/sarahmlynowski, https://www.facebook.com/sarahmbooks

• Skype: Yes http://www.sarahm.com/contact/

• Guide Forthcoming

• Author websites: http://www.lrgiles.com/, https://twitter.com/lrgiles, https://www.facebook.com/LRGilesWriter

• Skype:  http://www.lrgiles.com/contact/

• Study guide from publisher: http://keklamagoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/how_it_went_down_reading_guide.pdf

• Author websites: http://keklamagoon.com/, https://twitter.com/keklamagoon

• Skype: http://keklamagoon.com/contact/

• Study guide made by LSU SLIS graduate students

• Author websites: http://jandynelson.com/, https://twitter.com/jandynelson, https://www.facebook.com/jandy.nelson?ref=profile

• Skype: Yes, http://jandynelson.com/contact/ 

• Publisher’s reader guide: http://ellecosimano.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Nearly-Gone-Reader-Guide.pdf

• Author websites: http://ellecosimano.com/, https://www.facebook.com/ellecosimano, https://twitter.com/ellecosimano

• Skype: Yes, http://ellecosimano.com/contact/

• Book website: http://n34rlygone.com/ (related websites, videos, games, activities)

• Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlWHCnpR9vU

• Study guide made by LSU SLIS graduate students

• Author websites: http://www.pierce-brown.com/, https://www.facebook.com/PierceBrownAuthor, https://twitter.com/Pierce_Brown

• Skype: http://www.pierce-brown.com/contact.html

• Book website: http://www.redrisingbook.com/

• Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nj5ci_LMw

• Study guide made by LSU SLIS graduate students

• Author websites: http://www.dearjennyhan.com/, https://twitter.com/jennyhan?lang=en, https://www.facebook.com/dearjennyhan

• Skype: http://www.dearjennyhan.com/contact.html

• Fan-made book trailer. It is nearly 6 minutes long, show the first 2:10 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y65t4sD5Sw

• Study guides: 

  • http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/teachers-librarians/teaching-resources-cpd/third-level-lower-secondary/we-were-liars – you can download the 5 page PDF

  • http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CommonCore_WeWereLiars_WEB.pdf

  • http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/15-young-adult-fiction/9761-we-were-liars-lockhart?start=3

• Author websites: http://www.theboyfriendlist.com/, https://twitter.com/elockhart, http://elockhartbooks.tumblr.com/

• Book website: http://wewereliarsbook.tumblr.com/

• Skype: No, but will chat via Twitter.

• Study guide: http://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/15276/when%20i%20was%20the%20greatest_cg.pdf

• Author websites: http://www.jasonwritesbooks.com/, https://twitter.com/jasonreynolds83

• Skype: http://www.jasonwritesbooks.com/contact/