Best books for high school readers
Subtitle: grades 9-12
By: Catherine Barr and John T. Gillespie.
Contributors: Barr, Catherine, 1951-; Gillespie, John Thomas, 1928-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1075
ISBN-13: 9781591585763
Subjects: Young adult literature -- Bibliography; High school libraries -- United States -- Book lists; Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States
Genres: Bibliography; Book lists
Description: This thematic work is a state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for fiction and nonfiction teen reading material, enabling you to thoroughly evaluate your literature collection and create theme-based and genre-oriented reading lists for curriculum-related and recreational reading. Entries cover more than 12,000 titles in print as of the end of October 2008, most of which have been recommended in at least two sources. Entries include annotations with succinct plot summaries, ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review citations.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Major subjects arranged alphabetically; title: Literary forms; title: Literary history and criticism; title: Language and communication; title: Biography, memoirs, etc.; title: Arts and entertainment; title: History and geography; title: Philosophy and religion; title: Society and the individual; title: Guidance and personal development; title: Physical and applied sciences; title: Recreation and sports; title: Author index; title: Title index; title: Subject index.