A rich study of young adult literature, and of the methods to teach it. Genre chapters are two-fold: each begins by surveying and discussing the genre and closes with strategies for teaching comprehension skills, vocabulary, and fluency.
Author essays from rising and established voices in the Young Adult Literature field. Commissioned specifically for this text, these essays describe the challenges and pleasures of writing within particular genres, and address the issues facing young adult literature (and young adults), today. Read Chris Crutcher on censorship, Christopher Paul Curtis on humor, Suzanne Collins on the use of animals in high fantasy, Sharon Flake on “Black Girls, Romance, and Longing,” and many more.
Popular Culture. An entire chapter (Chapter 12) is dedicated to the influence, and possibilities, of emerging new genres such as Fanfiction, Manga, and Graphic Novels.
Up-to-date annotated bibliographies. From Shakespeare in Young Adult Literature to Popular Culture and Content Area Learning, abundant bibliographies provide specific, current, and helpful suggestions for further readings.
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