Teenage reading

[Irina Dubinina]

Hello all,
I absolutely second "Alye parusa" by Green.  Also, I would like to recommend "Deniskiny rasskazy" by Dragunsky.  Although these stories are written for children of a younger age (not teenagers), I discovered that my heritage students really relate to the themes and the language (it is very colloquial, does not have complicated syntactic constructions like participles or gerunds and does not employ "big" words"; at the same time the stories don't read like a "dumbed down" literature).  
Best,
Irina Dubinina
Brandeis University
415 South Street MS 024
Waltham, MA 02453

--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Lyudmila Grinshpan <milagrinshpan at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
From: Lyudmila Grinshpan <milagrinshpan at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Teenage reading
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:21 AM

Владислав Крапивин  
Александр Грин «Алые паруса»
Осеева "Динка" и "Динка прощается с
детством"
Кир Булычев 
Александра Бруштейн «Дорога уходит в даль»

Сергей Иванов
Анатолий Алексин 

--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Melissa Frazier <mfrazier at SLC.EDU> wrote:

From: Melissa Frazier <mfrazier at SLC.EDU>
Subject: [SEELANGS] Teenage reading
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 11:08 AM

Dear Seelangers,

I have a heritage student in my intermediate Russian class who is
struggling with the written language, and she's looking for
recommendations for reading which (as she puts it!) she would really
enjoy.  My question:  what are young people reading in Russia today?  Who
are favorite authors among teenagers?  My student says that in English she
likes to read David Sedaris, for example, or Augusten Burroughs.  Is there
anyone comparable writing in Russian?  Or:  any recommendations would be
very welcome, please send them to me at mfrazier at slc.edu.

With thanks,

Melissa Frazier

_________________________________
Melissa Frazier
Russian Language and Literature
Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY  10708

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