Drawing on extensive interviews and correspondence, this profile of the popular author of young adult fiction chronicles the highlights of his life and career

Examines the portrayal of Blacks in books by Black authors (view table of contents)

Product Description: In Images of Mothers in Literature for Young Adults, the characteristics of mothers in contemporary society are examined. Their sociological roles as wage earners, family members, and women in general are also described. The portrayal of mothers in books for young people is analyzed and a comparison between real-life and fictional mothers is made...read more

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Identifies young adult novels with Shakespearean features, analyzes the Bard's major plays and the novels that are based on them, and discusses what life was like for young adults during Shakespeare's time. (view table of contents)

New in paperback! Winner of the 1996 G.K. Hall Award and Multicultural Review's 1995 Carey McWilliams Award. Paperback edition available 2002."Designed to be used by librarians and teachers exploring works written by and for African Americans...a wonderful professional source to help in choosing literature for school libraries...Recommended."—THE BOOK REPORT"This collection will fill an important need for school and public libraries seeking a more scholarly dialogue on African-American literature for young adults."—VOYA

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Discusses twenty-six works of young adult literature which debuted to critical acclaim but are now out of print.

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'This volume introduces readers to both the writer and his work, with an emphasis on the characters, dates, events, motifs and themes. Myers's one hundred one A-to-Z entries offer concise, analytical discussion on all topics and include generous citations from primary and secondary sources'--Provided by publisher.Discusses Walter Dean Myers and his work, with entries on the characters, dates, events, motifs, and themes from his literature.

Product Description: Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries is a collection of Michael Cart's favorite columns and speeches about young adult literature, how he has observed and participated in the growth of the genre, the changes it has undergone, and what he sees as its future...read more

Product Description: This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques. Chapters address how authors use names to stretch readers' emotions, to reveal ethnic values and differences, to create "other worlds," and to establish tone...read more

Product Description: Serious scholarship on African American children's and young adult literature is a relatively recent phenomenon. To date, only a handful of book-length works―aside from doctoral dissertations―have been devoted to the exploration of this body of work and the historical works that are at its foundation...read more

Product Description: Knowledge about carnality and its limits provides the agenda for much of the fiction written for adolescent readers today, yet there exists little critical engagement with the ways in which it has been represented in the young adult novel in either discursive, ideological, or rhetorical forms...read more

Mixed-heritage people are one of the fastest-growing groups in the United States, yet culturally they have been largely invisible, especially in young adult literature. Mixed Heritage in Young Adult Literature is a critical exploration of how mixed-heritage characters (those of mixed race, ethnicity, religion, and/or adoption) and real-life people have been portrayed in young adult fiction and nonfiction. This is the first in-depth, broad-scope critical exploration of this subgenre of multicultural literature. Following an introduction to the topic, author Nancy Thalia Reynolds examines the portrayal of mixed-heritage characters in literary classics by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and Zora Neale Hurston—staples of today's high school English curriculum—along with other important authors. It opens up the discussion of young-adult racial and ethnic identity in literature to recognize—and focus on—those whose heritage straddles boundaries. In this book teachers will find new tools to approach race, ethnicity, and family heritage in literature and in the classroom. This book also helps librarians find new criteria with which to evaluate young adult fiction and nonfiction with mixed-heritage characters.

Product Description: The author of more than 50 informational books for young people, Russell Freedman has received every major award in the field, including the Newbery, the Robert F. Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Major prizes are but one indication of the significance of an author, and Russell Freedman has been and continues to be essential in moving criticism and publication of nonfiction into the fullest realm of appreciation and development...read more