A source book for teachers that profiles one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for teens, providing summaries, "booktalk" paragraphs designed to motivate kids to read the books, related activities, and annotated lists of related works.
Contains articles on writers whose works are popular with young adults, including contemporary authors, such as Francesca Lia Block and Maya Angelou, and classic authors, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Louisa May Alcott.
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.
Presents a listing of over 11,000 fiction and non-fiction books, for teens in grades seven-through-ten, that have been favorably reviewed by leading review sources, each with a brief summary; covering sixty-eight major subject areas.
