Betrayal is one of the themes that is quote broad. That means that it is possible to build ladders in many different ways. For instance, we could create a ladder about betrayal among friends or a betrayal of confidence or a betrayal of trust. The betrayal could involve something more abstract. Here are a few possible ladders that could grow from an exploration of this theme. The list for Ladder #1 is geared toward intermediate and middle school readers. Ladder #2's list of books is aimed at high school readers. Notice that from the same lists, we can create several different ladders. The first variation for Ladder #1 contains titles from the fantasy genre. Variation #2 is historical fiction and nonfiction. So, genre provides one means for creating different ladders. We could also create ladders using different types of betrayal. Parents who betray their children are at the core of Willoughbys and Keeping the Night Watch. Elders who betray the people they are leading is one theme emerging from Hunger Games, Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer. Shorter ladders or stepstools could be built with these titles. For the titles listed for Ladder #2, it is easy to create a ladder with references to classics as well as classic titles themselves. Really, the possibilities are endless.
Ladder #1 Titles
30 days to getting over the dork you used to call your boyfriend
The boy who dared
Hunger Games
Knife of Never Letting Go
The Ask and the Answer
What If the Witness Lied
Elijah of Buxton
Keeping the Night Watch
The Magic Thief
A Thousand Never Evers
The Willoughbys
Hunchback Assignments
Season of Gifts
Wild Things
Eli the Good
Ladder #1 Variation: Fantasy
The Ask and the Answer
Knife of Never Letting Go
Hunchback Assignments
Hunger Games
The Magic Thief
Ladder #1 Variation: Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You Used to Call Your Boyfriend
The Boy WHo Dared
The Hunchback Assignments
Eli the Good
Season of Gifts
Elijah of Buxton
Ladder #2 Titles
Black Rabbit Summer
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
Something Rotten
Something Wicked
Twisted
What I Saw and How I Lied
Eternal Smile
Going Bovine
Hamlet
Jumping off Swings
Last Night I Sang to the Monster
Marcelo in the Real World
Ladder #2 Variation: Classics
Hamlet
Going Bovine
Twisted
Something Rotten
Something Wicked
Copyright 2010 Teri S. Lesesne
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