Product Description: There are plenty of mysteries in teens' lives, including physical and emotional changes, uncertainty about the future, and feelings between people. Seen in this light, the appeal of these stories for this age group makes perfect sense: through a progression of plot and clues, the ending of a teen mystery book provides expected conclusions after an entertaining escape from reality...read more

Product Description: Utilizing a genre approach, this overview of young adult literature shows new librarians and library science students the criteria to use for selecting quality books, including recommended titles.• Provides unbiased, authoritative guidance for finding recommended classic and recent titles by genre• Presents an excellent introduction to the field of young adult literature for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to be public or school librarians, students who are new to the study of young adult literature, or librarians who are new to working with young adults• Includes a new section consisting of fascinating answers from 14 authors explaining their motivations and inspirations for writing for young adult readers• Provides expanded coverage on the popular genres of graphic novels and science fiction book...read more

Product Description: Sex in the Library is the ideal source for collection development of materials dealing with sex and sexuality for teens. Both public and school librarians will benefit from the guidance for establishing selection policies in this area and for sharing those policies with teachers, parents, administrators and teens...read more

Product Description: VOYA's Perfect Tens, 2000 to 2012 is an outstanding tool for collection development for young adult literature. It is a compilation of titles reviewed in VOYA magazine that received a perfect 5P and 5Q rating in the 21st century. VOYA's young adult book reviews have helped build young adult library collections since 1978...read more

Product Description: This invaluable guide enables librarians as well as patrons and teachers to identify the best books for high school readers out of the thousands published each year.• Supplies concise, lively annotations and review citations on everything from literary classics and non-fiction titles to graphic novels• Provides quick access to information for both library staff and patrons with thematic, curriculum-oriented organization and clear subject breakdowns• Indicates which books are also available in audio format and in eBook format―valuable information for collection development and reading specialists• Identifies award-winning and series title...read more

Product Description: A must-have resource for librarians, teachers, and parents on the popular and growing area of teen nonfiction―a genre now mandated by the Common Core Standards.

Product Description: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) stalwarts Pam Spencer Holley and Julie Bartel present a painstakingly selected trove of the very best YA literature as chosen by the members of YALSA-BK. Each book is fully annotated and generously cross-referenced, creating a rich resource that offers a wealth of ideas for any school or public librarian who works with collection development, readers advisory, reference or programming for young adults...read more