Discover creative strategies for bringing novels to life for middle and high schools students. Featuring the words and works of ten novelists, including Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling and Toni Morrison, the series presents interviews with contemporary authors, literary critics, teachers and students, as well as film clips from adaptations of the novels featured. This series poses basic questions that can help you examine the genre from multiple perspectives and bring it to life for your students.

1. Who Owns the Novel?

2. What's the Story?

3. Are Novels Real?

4. Where Do Novels Come From?

5. Why Do I Have to Read This Book?

6. What's in it for Me?

7. Who Am I in This Story?

8. Am I Getting Through?

9. Author's Notes

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