William Golding's Lord of the Flies remains a riveting go-to, especially for units on the rise of brute force over democratic rule, and the need of society to protect the less able. These read-alikes, curated by the NCTE and SLJ, are intended to enrich the context, amplify the message, or offer an alternative view.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies remains a riveting go-to, especially for units on the rise of brute force over democratic rule, and the need of society to protect the less able. These read-alikes, curated by the NCTE and SLJ, are intended to enrich the context, amplify the message, or offer an alternative view.
Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens. Scholastic. ISBN 9780439895972.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. ISBN 9780439023528.
Lu, Marie. Legend. Puffin. ISBN9780141339603.
Mejia, Tehlor Kay. We Set the Dark on Fire. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062691323.
Morgan, Kass. The 100. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316234498.
Pon, Cindy. Want. S. & S. ISBN 9781481489225.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. HarperCollins/Katharine Tegen. ISBN 9780062024022.
NCTE’s Standing Committee Against Censorship and the Orbis Pictus Award Committees, including Jessica Beck, Ann David, Christina Dobbs, Mark Letcher, Becki Maldonado & Sharon Ryan SLJ’s Reviews Editors: Shelley Diaz, Kimberly Fakih, Amanda Mastrull, Florence Simmons & Ashleigh Williams
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How frustrating for SLJ to recommend a tool to replace one of the most human-to-human connection part of our jobs. Every book recommended here is by a white author about white characters and already very popular. Using AI to choose readalikes and book recommendations will not help recommend books that are diverse, underrated, or even quality. That's our job as librarians and collection evaluators and it's embarassing to suggest it's not.
Couldn't agree more! Thank you for voicing this. The examples in this article perfectly illustrate why AI is not appropriate for the task. The suggestions are non-diverse, already well-known, and old. I can't imagine these suggestions being genuinely helpful to either librarian or reader.
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