young adult fiction

Daniel faces dastardly Number Two, who has slowly been amassing an underground army of aliens to help him enslave Earth's population in preparation for the arrival of Number One, the most powerful alien in the universe and Daniel's arch-nemesis.

Provides resources for librarians, teachers, school counselors, and parents for helping teens cope with such problems as depression, eating disorders, maltreatment, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and cliques, including outreach programs, fiction books, bulletin board ideas, projects, and activities.

A critical introduction to the life and work of the prolific writer of young adult and children's books.

Aimed at both urban and suburban gardeners with small plots, who want to be part of the grow-your-own phenomenon, Small Plot, Big Harvest celebrates what the vast majority of people have--a little bit of patio or garden that is precious to them. With at-a-glance crop planners, step-by-step gardening techniques--such as preparing soil, sowing, planting, watering, feeding, and growing under cover--and instructions and charts showing when to sow and when to harvest, Small Plot, Big Harvest brings foolproof vegetable growing for gardeners with little space.--Publisher's description.

A biography of Stephenie Meyer, discussing her early years, and focusing on her rise to fame as author of the popular Twilight series of books about the romance between Bella, a high school girl, and Edward, a vampire.

An examination of vampires in young adult fiction, looking at ten classic vampire texts--five literary and five cinematic, featuring analyses of vampire novels by popular horror authors, and discussing the television series "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.".

A critical introduction to the life and work of the young adult novelist M. E. Kerr.

Examines the major works of the author of "Shiloh, " provides biographical background, and discusses some of the efforts to censor her work.

A critical introduction to the life and work of the science fiction novelist Ursula K. Le Guin.