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Literature for Today's Young Adults
ISBN: 9780321037886 | 032103788X
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001
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This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. It offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context. It also provides teachers with criteria for evaluating books of all genres, from poetry and nonfiction to mysteries, science fiction, and horror. Coverage of timely issues, such as pop culture and mass media, help teachers connect with students' lives outside the classroom.
| Specialized Contents | xii | ||||
| Preface | xv | ||||
| PART ONE Understanding Young Adults and Books | 1 | (110) | |||
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| PART TWO Modern Young Adult Reading | 111 | (200) | |||
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| PART THREE Adults and the Literature of Young Adults | 311 | (128) | |||
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| Appendix A: Glossary of Literary Terms Illustrated Y A Literature | 439 | (5) | |||
| Appendix B: Book Selection Guides | 444 | (4) | |||
| Appendix C: Some Outstanding Books and Articles About Young Adult Literature | 448 | (10) | |||
| Appendix D: A Brief Bibliography on Films Generally and on Transformations of Print into Film | 458 | (2) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 460 | (3) | |||
| Subject Index | 463 | (2) | |||
| Critics and Commentators Index | 465 | (2) | |||
| Author and Title Index | 467 |
