american literature

Contains Lois Lowry's novel "Number the Stars" in which ten-year-old Annemarie, during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943, learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis; and includes seven related readings, including poems, autobiographies, and a biography.

A collection of poems and essays in which young Native Americans speak of their identity, and their families.

Presents poems, stories, plays, and other types of writings related to Halloween by such authors as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edith Wharton, spanning the sixteenth through the twentieth century.

Presents a collection of short fiction and nonfiction from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, and features an introduction by Judy Blume, and selections from J. Malcolm Garcia, Stphen King, George Saunders, Malerie Willens, and others.

Includes The Tell Tale Heart, Fall of the House of Usher, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Purloined Letter, Gold Bug, Pit and the Pendulum, "Raven", "Lenore", and many more.

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Updates and extends the original series by examining the careers of 76 contemporary or hitherto neglected writers who have had a substantial effect on the evolution of American literature.