Young Adult Literature

Professor Emerita of Educational Curriculum and Instruction at Old Dominion University, Dr. Katherine T. Bucher has written several books including Teaching in the Middle School (2011), Classroom Management; Models Applications and Cases (2012), and co-author (with Tami Craft Al-hazza) Books about the Middle East (2008).  Dr. Bucher has also written numerous articles and book chapters. In 2008, she retired from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she served as assistant department chair and graduate program director for the school library program. KaaVonia Hinton, PhD, is an associate professor in the Darden College of Education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She is the author of Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose (2006) and Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy (2009), and co-author (with Gail K. Dickinson) of Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools (2007) and (with Sueanne McKinney) Mathematics Literature in the K-8 Classroom and Library (2010).

Preface  

PART ONE  Defining Adolescents and Their Literature  

chapter 1    Understanding Young Adult Literature  

chapter 2    Evaluating and Selecting Young Adult Literature  

PART TWO  Connecting Adolescents and Their Literature  

chapter 3    Teaching, Using, and Appreciating Young Adult Literature  

chapter 4    Protecting Intellectual Freedom  

PART THREE  Exploring Young Adult Literature  

chapter 5    Exploring Contemporary Realistic Fiction  

chapter 6    Exploring Adventure, Mystery, and Humor  

chapter 7    Exploring Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror  

chapter 8    Exploring Historical Fiction  

chapter 9    Exploring Biography  

chapter 10 Exploring Nonfiction/Information Books  

chapter 11 Exploring Poetry, Drama, and Short Stories  

chapter 12 Exploring Other Formats: Comics, Graphic (Comic-Format) Novels, Picture Books, and Magazines  

Index