Lesesne, Teri S

A guide for librarians containing profiles of twenty young adult books that are often challenged by parents, presenting plot summaries, lists of reviews, and discussions of each book's controversial issues. Also provides the ALA Library Bill of Rights and explains how to write a book rationale.

Explains how teachers and librarians can steer students to the literature they love by focusing on three key areas: knowing the readers, knowing the books, and knowing the strategies to motivate students to read.

Explains how to use reading ladders in the classroom, discussing book selection, building a classroom library, promoting content-area knowledge, and assessment.