Extreme Teens: Library Services to Nontraditional Young Adults (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series)
This resource offers information about serving teens who are homeschooled, incarcerated, pregnant, school dropouts, GLBTQ, or homeless, but the word extreme seems inappropriate for the various types of young people referenced here. Brief sections describing particular behaviors and ways of serving these teens are followed by lists of fiction and nonfiction, nonprint and organizational resources. Outreach is highly encouraged as a vital part of service to young adults. The extensive annotated bibliographic resources are excellent, especially in the chapter Extreme Resources. This book provides a one-stop shop for information on some very real issues. Just remove the word extreme, and this librarian–who has dyed red hair and three tattoos–would be more comfortable.–Corinda J. Humphrey, Los Angeles Public LibraryCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.