Asian Americans in Story
Sarah Park Dahlen
This important guide will help LIS instructors, educators, librarians, students, and scholars better understand Asian American children’s and young adult literature in a historical, geographical, and political context.
- Imprint: ALA Editions
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780838937860
- Publication Date: Oct 2024
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In Transition
Emily Corbett
How the YA book market has shifted in favor of transgender inclusivity
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496852601
- Publication Date: Jun 2024
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Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature
Jesus Montaño
Using Gloria Anzaldúa's theories of conocimiento as a critical lens, the authors examine several literary works including Side by Side / Lado a lado; They Call Me GÜero; Land of the Cranes; Efrén Divided; and Gabi, a Girl in Pieces.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780826366320
- Publication Date: Jun 2024
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Schools of Magic
Megan H. Suttie
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781476680590
- Publication Date: Apr 2024
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Young Adult Fiction Core Collection, 5th Edition (2023)
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781637005118
- Publication Date: Jul 2023
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African American Adolescent Female Heroes
Melanie A. Marotta
A scholarly examination of contemporary neo-slave narratives and their African American heroines
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496844989
- Publication Date: Apr 2023
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Young Adult Literature
Michael Cart
In its newest edition, this "shrewd and thorough survey" (ARBA) is a must-have for everyone who wants to understand where YA lit has been and where it's heading.
- Imprint: ALA Neal-Schuman
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780838947470
- Publication Date: Aug 2022
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Edwidge Danticat
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781476687155
- Publication Date: May 2022
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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Blends for Children and Young Adults
Pauline Dewan
A fast-growing area in fiction for the young, genre blends allow for new possibilities and ideas, stimulating children’s imaginations. This helpful guide orients readers' advisory staff, educators, and collection development librarians with a hand-picked selection of hybrid genres and novels published since 2000.
- Imprint: ALA Editions
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780838949900
- Publication Date: Mar 2022
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The School Story
David Aitchison
Through the lens of literature and film for and about students, a critique of what neoliberalism unleashed in schools
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496837622
- Publication Date: Feb 2022
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From Wallflowers to Bulletproof Families
Abbye E. Meyer
How young adult stories interrogate and enrich our understandings of what disability means
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496837561
- Publication Date: Feb 2022
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At Arm's Length
Mike Cadden
A theory of how authors position readers in relation to literary character through empathy, awe, and indifference
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496834591
- Publication Date: Jun 2021
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Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction
Meghan Gilbert-Hickey
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496833822
- Publication Date: Apr 2021
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Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture
Derritt Mason
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496830999
- Publication Date: Dec 2020
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Examining Images of Urban Life
Laura M. Nicosia
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781975502430
- Publication Date: Nov 2020
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781476679525
- Publication Date: Aug 2020
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Posthumanism in Young Adult Fiction
Anita Tarr
A tracking of the fascinating connections between adolescence and the concerns of posthumanism
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496828316
- Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Teaching Girls on Fire
Sarah Hentges
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781476679297
- Publication Date: May 2020
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Teaching Young Adult Literature
Mike Cadden
Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching classic and contemporary young adult (YA) literature and texts about growing to adulthood. Addresses issues of selecting classroom texts, building cultural awareness, responding to censorship, and reading both emotionally and critically. Gives syllabus suggestions for undergraduate and graduate courses in literature, education, and library science.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781603294553
- Publication Date: Apr 2020
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Beyond the Blockbusters
Rebekah Fitzsimmons
A necessary expansion of the lens and landscape of young adult literature
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496827142
- Publication Date: Mar 2020
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