Carol Lynch-Brown taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s and young adult literature, reading, and language arts education at Florida State University.  She was a teacher in elementary school, grades 1, 2, and 4, and in middle school, grades 6 to 8, in St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Schools. She also taught English to young adults in French public schools. Literature was the foundation of her instruction in all these classroom situations. She is currently raising a teenaged grandson and seeing, once again, the benefits of literature in a young person’s life.

CHAPTER ONE: Understanding Young Adults and Young Adult Literature

CHAPTER TWO: Learning about Books

PART 2: GENRES OF LITERATURE

CHAPTER THREE: Realistic Fiction

CHAPTER FOUR: Modern Fantasy

CHAPTER FIVE: Historical Fiction

CHAPTER SIX: Nonfiction: Biography and Informational Books

CHAPTER SEVEN: Poetry

CHAPTER EIGHT: Literature for a Diverse Society

PART 3: LITERATURE IN THE SCHOOLS

CHAPTER NINE: Teaching Strategies

CHAPTER TEN: Resistant Readers and Young Adult Literature

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Censorship, Classics, Accountability, Technology:

Issues and Trends

APPENDIX A: Book Awards

APPENDIX B: Magazines

Index to Books and Authors

Subject Index

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