Gillespie, John Thomas

Enhance your historical fiction collection - and its popularity with readers and value in the classroom - with this wide-ranging guide. After discussion of various aspects of the genre (its importance, history, criteria for evaluation, and methods of presentation), the author takes an in-depth look at 80 of the best historical fiction novels published for this age group in the last 10 to 15 years. For each title there is a brief introduction discussing setting, historical background, and point of view; a list of characters; a detailed plot summary; and ways to introduce the book to students, including important passages for reading or retelling. This versatile tool, written by a recognized expert in children's literature, can be used for readers' advisory, curricular support, title selection, and collection development.

Arranged thematically, offers state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for teen reading material, both fiction and nonfiction.

Presents summaries of eighty-one fiction and nonfiction titles.

An annotated listing of about 11,000 titles for children through the sixth grade.

Presents a comprehensive research and reference guide on over one thousand publications, and contains a wide variety of information on children's and young adult literature, authors, and illustrators.

Presents a reading guide and selection tool for high school reading material, providing annotations, ISBNs, physical descriptions, prices, reading levels, and review citations.

Presents summaries of eighty fiction and nonfiction titles for readers, ages twelve to sixteen, with suggestions to use in motivating them to read for pleasure.

Profiles one hundred critically acclaimed and popular young adult novels spanning thirty years, grouped by genre, providing character lists, plot summaries, background on the works and authors, brief information on themes and subjects, and lists of passages for booktalking.