young adult fiction, american

A collection of thirteen short stories by various authors that were inspired by Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.

Contains entries for 1,169 books for young adult readers published between 1993 and 1996, each citing the subject, age range, characters, time periods, and locale of the book, and including a plot summary, list of reviews, and suggestions for related titles. Arranged alphabetically by author and subarranged by title.

Analyzes several of young adult author Robert Cormier's novels and novellas, from 1974's "The Chocolate War" to 2001's "The Rag and Bone Shop.".

Contains fourteen short fiction stories in which the authors explore the problems and pleasures of growing up in urban America.

Explores the lives and works of eight authors of science fiction for young readers, including Orson Scott Card, Douglas Hill, Octavia Butler, Pamela Service, Piers Anthony, and Douglas Adams.

Presents a critical look at the use of humor in the canon of young adult literature and discusses how humor can be employed to address adolescent issues with grace and wit.

Focuses on the fictional representation of youth gangs in America and traces their origin and development from the early western culture to immigrant gangs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A study of author/illustrator Daniel Pinkwater, looking at his body of work, with a focus on his young adult fiction, and including quotations and observations from Pinkwater.