Descript |
xviii, 702 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Adolescence : defining moments -- The young adult reader -- Trends and issues in young adult literature -- Realistic fiction (reading skill : making connections) -- Romance, humor, and sports (reading skill : questioning) -- Historical fiction (reading skills : monitoring and clarifying) -- Mysteries, thrillers, and horror (reading skills : inferential thinking and predicting) -- Science fiction and fantasy (reading skills : visualizing and vocabulary) -- Short stories, poetry, and drama (reading skill : building fluency) -- Nonfiction, autobiographies, biographies, diaries, and memoirs (reading skills : text structure and summarizing) -- The classical canon and young adult literature (reading skill : synthesizing) -- The popular culture influence / by Faith H. Wallace -- YA literature and writing : motivating young writers in the real world / by James Blasingame. |
ISBN |
9780073525938 (pbk.) |
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0073525936 (pbk.) |
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