The authors present a new young adult novel as a focal point for preparing prospective secondary teachers to employ a rich variety of literacies to enhance literature instruction. The hope is to encourage literature teachers to consider a wide range of useful methodologies available across generations of educational research. By demonstrating how to draw upon current understandings of literacy learning and to revisit proven strategies that deserve to survive the dustbin of historical trends, they aim to contribute to recent conversations about nurturing the vital role of the humanities in the classrooms.