Young adult literature
Subtitle: from romance to realism
By: Michael Cart
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780838910450; 9780838990957
Subjects: Books and reading; American Young adult fiction; Teenagers in literature; Young adult literature; History and criticism; Teenagers
Description: This survey helps YA librarians who want to freshen up their readers advisory skills, teachers who use novels in the classroom, and adult services librarians who increasingly find themselves addressing the queries of teen patrons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Sue Barton to the sixties : what's in a name? and other uncertainties -- -- The; title: sixties and the seventies : the rise of realism and the first golden age -- -- The; title: eighties : something old, something new : the rise of the paperback series, multicultural literature, and political correctness -- -- The; title: early nineties : a near-death experience -- -- The; title: rest of the nineties : revival and renaissance -- -- A; title: new literature for a new millennium? The renaissance continues --; title: Romancing the retail : of series, superstores, Harry Potter, and such --; title: So, how adult is young adult? The crossover conundrum --; title: Back in the real world : immigration, mixed race, and other new realities of teen life --; title: Sex and other shibboleths : YA comes of age, and not a moment too soon --; title: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature : the controversies continue -- -- The; title: viz biz : transforming the funnies -- -- The; title: eyes have it : other visual forms : photoessays and the new nonfiction --; title: Of books and bytes : multiple literacies, the death of print, and other imponderables.