young adult literature

Features plot summaries and character sketches of characters in classic and contemporary young adult literature, including works by Paul Zindel, Charles Dickens, Robert Cormier, S.E. Hinton, Cynthia Voigt, and John Steinbeck.

Provides instructions and reproducible worksheets for sixty projects and activities related to young adult literature for students in grades six through twelve, each of which reinforces learning in one or more of the six areas of reading, writing, representing, viewing, speaking, and listening.

A collection of short fiction and nonfiction writings from mainstream and alternative American periodicals that features an introduction by Walter Mosley and selections chosen by Dave Eggers and some of his students from his writing center in San Francisco.

A guide to implementing the common core state standards in teaching young adult literature.

Profiles more than seven hundred books for teenagers, covering such genres as fantasy, horror, graphic novels, science fiction, and mystery.

Writer Dave Eggers chooses twenty-five stories and articles to represent the best writing of 2002 for readers in their early twenties.

Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.

A guide to preparing book talks for young people, ages nine to sixteen. Presents plot analysis, thematic material, book talk material, and additional suggestions on a variety of titles for each of eight themes of goals of adolescent reading.

A comprehensive index to hundreds of books that are appropriate for guiding gifted readers through the issues they may deal with as they progress from preschool to high school.

Offers a collection of letters from students to an assortment of authors about the impact of their work on the lives of their readers, accompanied by the author's responses.