They Hurt, They Scar, They Shoot, They Kill

Joni Richards Bodart

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 52
• As a follow up to They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill, which examined supernatural monsters in YA fiction, in this book Bodart looks at human mo... Lees meer

Sharon Creech

Mary Ann Tighe

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 22
• Sharon Creech is the only author to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Sharon Creech: The Words We Choose to Say is a biocritical ... Lees meer

Life Is Tough

Rachelle Lasky Bilz

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 15
• Much has been written about the fact that teenage boys do not like to read, but reading is key to academic success. Sports, video games, television, c... Lees meer

Sexual Content in Young Adult Literature

Bryan Gillis, Joanna Simpson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 48
• This volume examines adolescent sexuality and how it is represented in young adult literature. The authors show how sexual content in such books can c... Lees meer

Russell Freedman

Susan P Bloom, Cathryn M Mercier

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature
• The author of more than 50 informational books for young people, Russell Freedman has received every major award in the field, including the Newbery, ... Lees meer

Passions and Pleasures

Michael Cart

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 26
• Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries is a collection of Michael Cart's favorite columns and speeches about young... Lees meer

Karen Hesse

Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 19
• This biocritical review focuses on Karen Hesse, whose work, Out of the Dust, won the Newbery Medal in 1998, and was awarded a "Genius" fellowship by t... Lees meer

Lost Masterworks of Young Adult Literature

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 8
• Lost Masterworks of Young Adult Literature brings to the attention of librarians, teachers, and publishers works of young adult literature that are co... Lees meer

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Adult

Lois Thomas Stover, Connie S Zitlow

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 46
• Young adults often struggle with confusion or guilt because they perceive themselves as different from others, especially their peers. For some of the... Lees meer

Spirituality in Young Adult Literature

Patty Campbell

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 50
• This book examines the presentation of spiritual issues in young adult fiction. It looks at how religious ideas, and those matters that are defined mo... Lees meer

Angela Johnson

Kaavonia Hinton

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 23
• Angela Johnson's career as an award-winning young adult novelist almost did not happen. Like so many would-be writers, she had decided to pursue a mor... Lees meer

David Almond

Don Latham

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 24
• David Almond's six books have been praised for their lyrical prose, their evocative use of magical realism, and their sensitive male and strong female... Lees meer

Learning Curves

Beth Younger

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 35
• Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature examines how cultural assumptions and social constraints are reinforced and... Lees meer

Animals in Young Adult Fiction

Walter Hogan

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature
• In Animals in Young Adult Fiction , Walter Hogan examines several hundred novels and stories to explore the ways in which animals are represented in t... Lees meer

What's So Scary about R.L. Stine?

Patrick Jones

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 1
• R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series for children and Fear Street series for young adults have catapulted him to the top of the lists. Stine's books have co... Lees meer

Chris Crutcher

Bryan Gillis, Pam B Cole

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 45
• Chris Crutcher is a literary icon in the field of young adult literature. In this book, Gillis and Cole examine the life, career, and works of this yo... Lees meer

Caroline Cooney

Pamela Sissi Carroll

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 6
• Cooney's large body of work for adolescents defies easy classification. The influences of her talents as an organist who played regularly for her chur... Lees meer

Ann Rinaldi

Jeanne M McGlinn

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 2
• Ann Rinaldi, the author of many young adult historical novels, has found her niche and run with it. This historical novelist started as a columnist fo... Lees meer

Richard Peck

Donald R Gallo, Wendy J Glenn

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 29
• One of the nation's most famous writers of novels for young people, Richard Peck has earned a Newbery Medal, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Nation... Lees meer

John Marsden

John Noell Moore

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 40
• John Marsden is the best known of all contemporary Australian writers for young adults. A master storyteller, Marsden's 7-volume Tomorrow Series has b... Lees meer

Norma Fox Mazer

Arthea J S Reed

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 3
• In Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World , Reed chronicles her discovery that, although Mazer's husband and his work are thoroughly intertwined with and c... Lees meer

Stephenie Meyer

James Blasingame, Kathleen Deakin, Laura A Walsh

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 44
• Stephenie Meyer: In the Twilight looks at the life and work of this author, beginning with her childhood and covering her teen years and life before s... Lees meer

The Distant Mirror

Joanne Brown, Nancy Clair

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 21
• Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial,... Lees meer

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Suzanne Elizabeth Reid

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Young Adult Literature | nr. 12
• Young readers, teachers, and professionals in the field of young adult literature will find this survey and literary analysis of Virginia Euwer Wolff'... Lees meer