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Product Description: Constructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism examines those fundamental themes which inform our understanding of "the teenager"—themes that emerge in both literary and cultural contexts. Models of adolescence do not arise solely from discourses of psychology, sociology, and education...read more

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9780415958325 | Routledge, September 15, 2008, cover price $142.00 | About this edition: Constructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism examines those fundamental themes which inform our understanding of "the teenager"—themes that emerge in both literary and cultural contexts.

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9780415897747 | Routledge, May 16, 2011, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Constructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism examines those fundamental themes which inform our understanding of "the teenager"—themes that emerge in both literary and cultural contexts.

Miscellaneous:

9780203894132 | Routledge, July 9, 2008, cover price $118.00

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9780810859944 | Scarecrow Pr, July 30, 2009, cover price $55.00

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9780810869424 | Scarecrow Pr, October 16, 2009, cover price $45.00

Presents the fantasy world created by author Philip Pullman in His Dark Materials novels, examining the sources and meanings of the philosophy and themes behind the stories, as well as the characters, myths, and plots.

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9780425207901 | Berkley Pub Group, April 4, 2006, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Presents the fantasy world created by author Philip Pullman in His Dark Materials novels, examining the sources and meanings of the philosophy and themes behind the stories, as well as the characters, myths, and plots.

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9781439556474 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 1, 2008), cover price $23.00

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Product Description: This book explores ‘young adult’ fictions – stories about being young, staying young and sometimes never wanting to grow up. Looking at controversial novels by Francesca Lia Block, at sex and ‘race’ in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and at the online world of fans and censors, Chris Richards argues that attempts to classify and regulate what counts as ‘young adult’ have failed, and shows how youth – as intense, exciting and tormented – draws audiences unconstrained by age...read more

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9781433104329 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, September 1, 2008, cover price $119.95

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9780820497181 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, September 1, 2008, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: This book explores ‘young adult’ fictions – stories about being young, staying young and sometimes never wanting to grow up.

Product Description: "My books are about killing God." So declares Philip Pullman, the award-winning author of the bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Appealing to millions of children and adults alike, Pullman's books create a universe in which the church is the enemy and God is the master villain...read more

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9780830833795 | Intervarsity Pr, May 30, 2006, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Uses a Christian perspective to interpret the popular trilogy, offering a look Pullman's life, an overview of the major dimensions of each book, and a critical evaluation of such major themes as sin and the death of God.

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9781435282452 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: "My books are about killing God.

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Philip Pullman's writing is full of mystery and adventure - of parallel universes, daemons and armoured bears. The 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is set to become a major motion picture event with the release of the first film, 'The Golden Compass'. This work explores this epic world and the diverse creative influences of Pullman's brilliant work.

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9781840468489 | Gardners Books, November 1, 2007, cover price $12.35 | About this edition: Philip Pullman's writing is full of mystery and adventure - of parallel universes, daemons and armoured bears.
9781840464825 | Reprint edition (Icon Books, March 1, 2007), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Philip Pullman's celebrated trilogy His Dark Materials has been translated into 40 languages and sold over four million copies worldwide.

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Examines Pullman's intricate universe and explores the complex science, religion, and fantastic elements of 'His Dark Materials.'

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9780312347437 | Griffin, October 30, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Examines Pullman's intricate universe and explores the complex science, religion, and fantastic elements of 'His Dark Materials.

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Product Description: Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is one of the most popular fantasy works of our time. Both the trilogy and the movies based on it are being marketed chiefly as YA (young adult) fare. But Leonard F. Wheat shows in this fascinating analysis that His Dark Materials is far more than a YA tale...read more

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9781591025894 | Prometheus Books, September 30, 2007, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is one of the most popular fantasy works of our time.

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Argues that the popular trilogy by one of England's most outspoken atheists attains the status of a religious classic as it attempts to put an end to an antiquated and unimaginative understanding of God.

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9780787982379 | Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, September 17, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Argues that the popular trilogy by one of England's most outspoken atheists attains the status of a religious classic as it attempts to put an end to an antiquated and unimaginative understanding of God.

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Product Description: Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade. With a writing career extending back to the early 1970s, Pullman's great achievement has been in the publication of the His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights (1995; US title The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000)...read more

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9780826427649 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, November 20, 2006, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade.

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9780826417169 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, October 20, 2006, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade.

Product Description: Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade. With a writing career extending back to the early 1970s, Pullman's great achievement has been in the publication of the His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights (1995; US title The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000)...read more

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9781417766123 | Turtleback Books, October 20, 2006, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade.

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A biography of the author who created Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.

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9780766023536 | Enslow Pub Inc, April 1, 2006, cover price $33.27 | About this edition: A biography of the author who created Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.

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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.

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9789990217193, titled "Literature for Today's Young Adults" | 7 edition (Allyn & Bacon, December 30, 2004), cover price $0.02
9780205410354, titled "Literature for Today's Young Adults" | 7 edition (Allyn & Bacon, April 1, 2004), cover price $128.60
9780321037886, titled "Literature for Today's Young Adults" | 6 edition (Longman Pub Group, October 1, 2000), cover price $96.20 | About this edition: This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers.
9780673466525 | 4th edition (Harpercollins College Div, April 1, 1993), cover price $50.29 | About this edition: This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers.
9780673384003, titled "Literature for Today's Young Adults" | 3 sub edition (Scott Foresman & Co, March 1, 1989), cover price $56.00 | About this edition: Provides an annotated list of recommended books for young adults
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9780673471888, titled "Literature for Today's Young Adults" | Tch edition (Scott Foresman & Co, June 1, 1989), cover price $9.66 | About this edition: This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers.

Discusses how real science is represented and used in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.

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9780375831447 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 23, 2005, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Discusses how real science is represented and used in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.

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9780375831461 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, July 10, 2007), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Discusses how real science is represented and used in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.
9780340884621, titled "Science of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"" | Hodder Childrens Book, July 15, 2004, cover price $14.85 | also contains The Science Of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials | About this edition: Award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal how Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is rooted in astonishing scientific truth.
9780340881590, titled "The Science of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"" | Hodder Childrens Book, November 13, 2003, cover price $19.10 | also contains The Science Of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials | About this edition: Drawing on string theory and space-time, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science authors Mary and John Gribbin reveal how Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is rooted in scientific truth.

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9780307545442 | Laurel Leaf, December 24, 2008, cover price $5.99 | also contains The Science Of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

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9780375931444 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 23, 2005, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Discusses how real science is represented and used in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.

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Product Description: A critical appraisal of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, this text forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years...read more

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9780826414793 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, August 1, 2003, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A critical appraisal of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, this text forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years.

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Product Description: Evil, despair, and helplessness are persistent themes in recent young-adult fiction. Yet this bleakness needs not translate into depression and fear for vulnerable adolescents. Westwater reads six young-adult novels through Kristevan theory to find a glimmer of hope amidst our cultural crises...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780888643209 | Univ of Alberta Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Evil, despair, and helplessness are persistent themes in recent young-adult fiction.

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Product Description: If you are reading, teaching, or parenting Harry Potter fans, this is the indispensable guidebook to take you behind the Potter legend, into the life of its author, and to give young readers many more hours of enjoyment beyond reading the novels themselves...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780933833579 | Beacham Pub Corp, September 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: If you are reading, teaching, or parenting Harry Potter fans, this is the indispensable guidebook to take you behind the Potter legend, into the life of its author, and to give young readers many more hours of enjoyment beyond reading the novels themselves.

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Provides an overview of the Middle Ages, details of everyday life of the period, and tips on evaluating literature for historical accuracy, and lists nineteen novels that can be paired with history lessons and literary texts. (view table of contents)

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9780867094701 | Heinemann, March 9, 2000, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Provides an overview of the Middle Ages, details of everyday life of the period, and tips on evaluating literature for historical accuracy, and lists nineteen novels that can be paired with history lessons and literary texts.

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Organizes fantasy literature into sub-genres and examines the lives and works of authors in each of the different areas

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9780805782202 | Twayne Pub, July 1, 1998, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Organizes fantasy literature into sub-genres and examines the lives and works of authors in each of the different areas

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