by:
Carter, Betty
Estes, Sally
Waddle, Linda
Waddle, Linda L.
Association, Young Adult Library Services (Corporate Author)

Publisher:
American Library Association
Published:June 1, 2000
ISBN:083893501X
Format:Paperback
Pages:229

Description: From Booklist
Since the first edition's release in 1994, Best Books for Young Adults has become an essential resource for both library media centers and language arts classrooms. With so many outstanding new titles for older teens now being published, this update will prove both timely and useful. The core of the book is the 25 bibliographies of best books chosen from 1966 through 1999, which have been compiled by Carter with help from former Booklist books for youth editor Sally Estes, and Linda Waddle, deputy executive director of YALSA. The author-by-author, year-by-year, and topic-by-topic lists of exceptional books include a one-sentence plot synopsis after each title, and are formatted for easy reproduction as handouts or flyers (permission to copy is granted for nonprofit educational purposes). In the topical section, categories such as "Not Quite Human" and "The Writing Life" go beyond expected YA genre reading, and a thorough index makes every entry easy to find. The introductory essays are also enlightening, especially Carter's fresh look at trends in young adult publishing. Roger Leslie
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