Media Collection: Literature for Young Adults

















































33 Things Every Girl Should Know |
Tonya Bolden, ed. |
Juvenile |
PZ5 .A125 1998 |
| 145th Street: Short Stories |
Walter Dean Myers |
Juvenile |
PZ7 .M992 Aae 2000 |
| Drinking Coffee Elsewhere |
ZZ Packer |
Main |
PS3616.A335 D75 2004 |
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are |
Michael Cart |
Juvenile |
PZ5 .N26 2003 |
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices |
Donald R. Gallo |
Juvenile |
PZ5 .N6 1999 |
Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults |
Donald R. Gallo |
Juvenile |
PZ5 .U54 1997x |






| Best Books for Young Adults |
Betty Carter |
Reference |
PN1009 .A1 C34 B47 2000 |
Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High... |
Lois T. Stover |
Reference |
PN1008.8 .B724 |
Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography |
Ruth Nadelman Lynn |
Reference |
PN1009 .A1 L96 1995 |
Fiction Index for Readers 10 to 16: Subject Access to Over 8200 Books (1960-1990) |
Vicki Anderson |
Reference |
PN1009 .A1 F53 1992 |
High/Low Handbook: Best Books and Web Sites for Reluctant Teen Readers |
Ellen V. LiBretto |
Reference |
Z1033 .H53 L53 2002 |
The Horn Book Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Books |
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Reference |
PN1009.H675 |
Sequences: An Annotated Guide to Children’s Fiction in Series |
Susan Roman |
Reference |
PN1009 .A1 R65 1985 |
What Do Children and Young Adults Read Next? |
Janis Ansell |
Reference |
PN1009 .A67 W43 2002 |

The ALAN Review
One of only a handful of journals devoted to young adult literature, The ALAN Review is published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English. Find back issues from 1994. |
The American Library Association
The Association’s web site lists include those for the Alex, Pura Belpre, Newbery, Michael L. Printz and Sibert Awards. |
Booklist
Detailed reviews of young adult books are included in this online rendering of the American Library Association’s Booklist magazine. Also included are interviews with authors and a variety of essays. |
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
Comprised entirely of award-winning books from six English-speaking countries, this database allows the visitor to limit the search by age of reader, setting, historical period, ethnicity, language, format, genre, publication year, author, and keyword. In 2004, DAWCL was selected by the ALA as one of sixteen Great Web Sites for Kids. |
Index to Internet Sites: Children’s and Young Adults’ Authors & Illustrators
This is the Internet School Library Media Center’s index to author and illustrator internet sites. |
Kay Vandergrift’s Young Adult Literature Page
Vandergrift is a professor in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies of Rutgers University. Her web site features "best of" lists, including: best female and male coming-of-age stories, best fairytales for young adults, and best of the best. A bonus: Vandergrift's lists are continuously revised. |
Most Frequently Banned Books of the 1990s
This list of the fifty books that were most frequently challenged in schools and public libraries in the United States between 1990 and 1992 is taken from the table of contents of Banned in the USA by Herbert N. Foerstel. |
The New York Public Library Teen Link
This premier site features live author chats with the likes of Judy Blume, Chris Crutcher, Gary Paulsen, Sharon Creech, and Christopher Paul Curtis, and Walter Dean Myers. |
Teachers’ Resource Center
Sponsored by Random House through its Bantam-Doubleday-Dell division, almost every young adult book it publishes appears here. Detailed descriptions of books are accompanied by excerpts from independent reviews and creative teaching ideas. A search engine enables users to find a specific book, while specialized indexes enable them to find award-winning titles, books for reluctant readers, or books on a common theme. |
Teenage Angst Books
This site’s selections celebrate the ups and downs of the teenager’s life. The site also includes interviews with popular authors and an opportunity for visitors to comment. |
Yahoo Directory of Young Adult Authors on the Web
Provides links to the sites of over one hundred young adult authors. |
Young Adult Library Services Association
YALSA’s "best of" lists include: teen’s top ten, quick picks for reluctant YA readers, popular paperbacks for YAs and outstanding books for the college bound. |
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