Provides a definition of young adult literature, explores the nature of adolescence, offers specific recommendations for choosing authors and books and using them in the classroom, and includes lists of titles in different genres and for various purposes, as well as brief interviews with over thirty popular authors.
teaching engaged and reflective reading with adolescents
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.
1997
Utilizes reader-response literary theory, and draws upon studies of truly engaged adolescent readers, to present a theory for teaching reluctant students how to "see" what they read, ensuring their interest and success.
Presents annotated listings of 13,523 recommended books for students in grades six through nine, most published between 1999 and 2003, grouped in sixty-five major subject areas, each with publisher, price, ISBN, and review sources.
