Best Books for Young Adults: The Selections, the History, the Romance

by Betty Carter, Young Adult Library Services Association, Sally Estes, et al.

In this revised edition, Betty Carter and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) offer insights and guidance that should help teachers and parents direct contemporary young readers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838934390
• ISBN13: 9780838934395
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: American Library Association
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A highly recommended, core reference collection title.

Now in a completely revised and expanded second edition, Betty Carter's Best Books For Young Adults continues to offer invaluable insights and guidance for directing contemporary young adult readers through the wealth of literature available to them. Library students, staff, and administrators will learn how to crate dynamic reading lists for teens and young adults drawing from more than 1,800 classic and contemporary books; learn more about what teenagers are interested in reading today; identify the books considers "the best" by teen readers themselves; and director young adults toward appropriate adult literature. Best Books For Young Adults is a core reference title for library science collections and "must" reading for any librarian working with adolescent and young adult library patrons.