All you need to do is to make sure that they know basic literary devices.” I was thrilled that Judy took me up on my offer. Not only did I insist all students could conduct literary analysis, I also extended an invitation, “If any of you would like me to introduce your students to literary analysis, I would enjoy the opportunity. To scaffold, teachers needed to (1) teach literary devices, (2) break analysis into small steps, and (3) allow students to work in groups at first. I had insisted that as long as teachers scaffolded the analysis activity, students of all levels could write literary analyses. Literary analysis and average or struggling ninth-grade students? I don’t see it happening!” This is pretty high level stuff! I’m lucky if I can even get them to read a novel. One even stated, “I really liked this activity, but I don’t think my ninth graders could do this. The teachers enjoyed identifying all of the literary devices, discussing the effect of those devices, and writing an analysis of the author’s style, but some participants seemed skeptical. I had met Judy Kitchner, their teacher, at a summer workshop where I had modeled teaching literary analysis to secondary students through close reading. Panic set in, and I reached for my life raft: Alex Flinn’s novel I looked out at the English class before me, a group of 21 ninth graders deemed at-risk, and wondered if I was in over my head. Now Nick must confront his inner demons to stop the history of violence from repeating itself.At-Risk Ninth Graders Dive into Literary Analysis But when Nick's anger and jealousy overtake him, things begin to spiral out of control and Nick realizes that he's more his father's son than he wants to be. Caitlin is the one person he can confide in, the only person who understands him. Then he and Caitlin fall in love, and Nick thinks his problems are over. What no one knows-not even his best friend-is the terror and anger that Nick faces every time he is alone with his father. Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect-on the outside, at least. Don't miss this timely contemporary young adult novel from Alex Flinn, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beastly, about a teenage boy's struggle to break free from the cycle of abuse.
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