CHAPTER 2 The Young Adult Reader

CHAPTER 3 Trends and Issues in Young Adult Literature

CHAPTER 4 Realistic Fiction (Reading Skill: Making Connections)

CHAPTER 5 Romance, Humor, and Sports (Reading Skill: Questioning)

CHAPTER 6 Historical Fiction (Reading Skill: Monitoring and Clarifying)

CHAPTER 7 Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror (Reading Skills: Inferential Thinking and Predicting)

CHAPTER 8 Science Fiction and Fantasy (Reading Skills: Visualizing and Vocabulary)

CHAPTER 9 Short Stories, Poetry, and Drama (Reading Skill: Building Fluency)

CHAPTER 10 Nonfiction, Autobiographies, Biographies, Diaries, and Memoirs (Reading Skills: Text Structure and Summarizing)

CHAPTER 11 The Classical Canon and Young Adult Literature (Reading Skill:Synthesizing)

CHAPTER 12 The Popular Culture Influence

CHAPTER 13 YA Literature and Writing: Motivating Young Writers in the Real World

Appendices