young adult literature

Surveys the life and works of the popular novelist.

Text and accompanying photographs present a study of Duncan offering a portrait of this veteran writer's life and works.

Recommends forty books for middle school and high school students, providing author information, a plot summary, and suggested activities for each title; indexed by author/title, and genres/themes/activities.

Discusses the value of using young adult literature in middle and high school classrooms, and presents a selection of young adult titles that have thematic links to classics such as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, " "Hamlet, " "To Kill a Mockingbird, " and "Great Expectations.".

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.

Lists recommended 10,805 titles for readers in grades ten through twelve.

This book provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults, arranged in dictionary form.

Presents biographical profiles of one hundred young adult authors, including Sherman Alexie, Garth Nix, J. K. Rowling, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, each providing a primary and secondary bibliography.

Provides an almanac and encyclopedia of Christopher Paolini's world of Alaga?sia, the magical land of the Inheritance cycle, discussing mysterious people, objects, and places.

Contains a comprehensive study of the history and trends associated with adolescent sports literature covering such topics as sports in both fiction and non-fiction, literature for young women, and young adult novels about coaches and team leaders.