young adult literature, american

Profiles five hundred children's books published between 1994 and 1999 that represent African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans, providing brief plot summaries, evaluations of style and cultural values, publication information, and age and grade levels.

Contains a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical sketches of well known young adult authors, including information on their most important work, a summary of what makes the author noteworthy, and a discussion of the author's life and work.

Presents a comprehensive research and reference guide on over one thousand publications, and contains a wide variety of information on children's and young adult literature, authors, and illustrators.

Provides brief introductions to the lives and works of 85 important young adult modern writers.

Presents information about the lives and works of 250 writers of works for young people.

An anotated listing of over 1,200 fiction and non-fiction books for junior high and middle school students.

A guide to twenty-six young adult books which are most frequently challenged. Each entry includes a summary, examples of recent challenges, review sources, background sources, awards and prizes, references about the author, sources recommending the work, and audiovisual resources.

Presents biographical information about 100 authors who write for junior high and high school aged readers, with commentary on the writer's better known books, critical analyses, and bibliographies.