Download or read book Beacham s Guide to Literature for Young Adults written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work.
Download or read book Beacham s Guide to Literature for Young Adults written by Kirk H. Beetz and published by Washington, D.C. : Beacham Pub.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work. Students, teachers and librarians will welcome this excellent set, which surveys and analyzes out-standing books for young adult readers. Among the more than 600 titles (novels, short story collections, nonfiction works, and biographies) the reader will find many that tell of earlier times and places and others that examine the age-old problem of growing up. Some portray a stable and secure world, while others treat issues that challenge today's young people. School reading lists frequently cite titles examined in the set. For each book, the guide provides biographical information about the author and a description of the book's setting, an analysis of its theme and characters, an assessment of its literary quality, its relevance to today's society, suggested topics for assignments and discussions, and a bibliography of critical reviews. A thematic index supports the alphabetical arrangement. Appropriate for upper elementary through high school levels. A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work.
Download or read book Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature written by Alice L. Trupe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary young adult literature is a relatively new genre. This guide provides an overview of the burgeoning field, focusing primarily on fiction. Each of the 32 chapters is devoted to a theme of special significance to young adults, and provides brief critical discussions of several related literary works. Chapters close with lists of fiction for further reading. An appendix groups works according to additional themes, and a selected bibliography cites relevant critical studies.
Download or read book Beacham s Guide to Literature for Young Adults written by Kirk H. Beetz and published by Washington, D.C. : Beacham Pub.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work. Students, teachers and librarians will welcome this excellent set, which surveys and analyzes out-standing books for young adult readers. Among the more than 600 titles (novels, short story collections, nonfiction works, and biographies) the reader will find many that tell of earlier times and places and others that examine the age-old problem of growing up. Some portray a stable and secure world, while others treat issues that challenge today's young people. School reading lists frequently cite titles examined in the set. For each book, the guide provides biographical information about the author and a description of the book's setting, an analysis of its theme and characters, an assessment of its literary quality, its relevance to today's society, suggested topics for assignments and discussions, and a bibliography of critical reviews. A thematic index supports the alphabetical arrangement. Appropriate for upper elementary through high school levels. A multi-volume compilation of more than 200 analytical essays on and study activities for fictional and biographical works written for young adults. Includes a short biography for the author of each analyzed work.
Download or read book Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults written by M. Daphne Kutzer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-01-09 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multicultural fiction is an essential part of the American literary landscape. This reference helps scholars, teachers, and librarians choose significant texts from both the past and present, and provides guidance in approaching multicultural issues as they are discussed in fiction for young adults. Included are entries for 51 writers, some of whom have nearly been forgotten, others who are just emerging. Each entry provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information, while a general bibliography of works on multicultural literature concludes the book. Authors included range from the nearly forgotten, such as Laura Adams Armer, to the newly discovered, such as Graham Salisbury, winner of the 1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The breadth of authors covered ensures an historical context for the issues raised by multiculturalism, and the sections on the critical reception of each author address such important issues as the authority and authenticity of the writer to comment on a different culture. Contributors are of many different ethnicities and include important scholars of children's literature, lending authenticity and authority to the volume itself.
Download or read book The Official Money Guide for Teenagers written by Susan Beacham and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Harry Potter written by Elizabeth D. Schafer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for those reading with, teaching or parenting Harry Potter fans, this guidebook helps adults encourage young readers to gain enhanced enjoyment of the Potter legend. It explores the origins and mysteries of Harry's world, its history, science, magic, mythology, setting, characters, themes, food and sports. The sourcebook includes projects and activities for young readers, questions that should generate lively discussion between parents and children, website details for internet research by young surfers, lesson plans for teachers, and resources for librarians.
Download or read book Young Adult Literature written by Katherine Toth Bucher and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2010 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary and practice, this edition remains comprehensive enough to ensure that teachers understand today's adolescents and the literature that engages them, while still remaining brief enough to give teachers the opportunity to read the books discussed.
Download or read book Young Adult Science Fiction written by C. W. Sullivan III and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the nineteenth century, American youths developed a growing interest in electricity and its applications, machines, and gadgetry. When authors and publishers recognized the extent of this interest in technology, they sought to create reading materials that would meet this market need. The result was science fiction written especially for young adults. While critics tended to neglect young adult science fiction for decades, they gradually came to recognize its practical and cultural value. Science fiction inspired many young adults to study science and engineering and helped foster technological innovation. At the same time, these works also explored cultural and social concerns more commonly associated with serious literature. Nor was young adult science fiction a peculiarly American phenomenon: authors in other countries likewise wrote science fiction for young adult readers. This book examines young adult science fiction in the U.S. and several other countries and explores issues central to the genre. The first part of the book treats the larger contexts of young adult science fiction and includes chapters on its history and development. Included are discussions of science fiction for young adults in the U.S. and in Canada, Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. These chapters are written by expert contributors and chart the history of young adult science fiction from the nineteenth century to the present. The second section of the book considers topics of special interest to young adult science fiction. Some of the chapters look at particular forms and expressions of science fiction, such as films and comic books. Others treat particular topics, such as the portrayal of women in Robert Heinlein's works and representations of war in young adult science fiction. Yet another chapter studies the young adult science fiction novel as a coming-of-age story and thus helps distinguish the genre from science fiction written for adult readers. All chapters reflect current research, and the volume concludes with extensive bibliographies.
Download or read book Becoming a Man by Paul Monette Summary Study Guide written by and published by BOOKRAGS INC. This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Literary Guide to the Bible written by Robert Alter and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990-09 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.
Download or read book Will Hobbs written by Paula Johanson and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Hobbs is known for his stories of the outdoors,interesting for boys and girls alike. Through his stories, readers share adventures with characters from different backgrounds, discover the beauty of the wilderness, and learn of the important choices to be made in life. Known for his realistic tone and style, his books include Changes in Latitudes, Down the Yukon, Jason's Gold, and Leaving Protection. This insightful biography includes observations on the three themes present in his books: renewal, adoption, and the hero's quest.
Download or read book Walter Dean Myers written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Dean Myers, preeminent author of teen fiction biography and verse, refines the image of black characters that are frequently trivialized or vilified in juvenile literature, advertising, television, and film. From his saga The Glory Field to his novel The Young Landlords, Myers's canon surveys the complex realm of the teen years as colliding settings in home, school, and the street. This volume introduces readers to both the writer and his work, with an emphasis on the characters, dates, events, motifs, and themes from the books. Myers's 101 A-to-Z entries offer concise, analytical discussion on all topics and include generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography on such subjects as segregation, Malcolm X, urbanism, writing, metafiction, drugs and alcohol, slavery, and the Vietnam War. Appendices offer a timeline of historical events in Myers's writings and forty topics for group or individual projects, oral analysis, background material, and theme development. A map of Harlem (where many of the stories are set), genealogical diagrams for characters, and an author chronology contribute to a comprehensive presentation.
Download or read book Esther Forbes written by Jack Bales and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography of criticism, divided into general criticism and criticism of Forbes as a children's writer.
Download or read book The Literature Lover s Book of Lists written by Judie L. H. Strouf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderful for browsing, and invaluable for finding specific information, Literature Lovers Book of Lists is a compendium of useful and sometimes whimsical information for anyone who loves books and loves to read, at any age or reading level. It is organized into nine sections and provides nearly 200 lists relating to genres, authors, characters and settings, awards, literary terms with their definitions and much more. There are even lists of books of prose and poetry available on audiocassettes. If it has to do with literature, this book has the answers. What book has had the longest run on The New York Times best-seller list? Who is the only four-time winner of the Pulitizer Prize for drama? What is the complete list of Shakespeare's plays and poems? Who are some of the most notable African American authors? What are the three main variations of the sonnet? What famous writers belonged to The Bloomsbury Group? Literature Lovers Book of Lists is both exciting and informative at the same time.
Download or read book Sharon Creech written by Alice B. McGinty and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the life and work of children's author, including her writing process and methods, inspirations, a critical discussion of her books, and biographical timeline.
Download or read book When We Meet Again written by Caroline Beecham and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotionally compelling tale of love and mystery set in the publishing world of World War II London, When We Meet Again tells the story of a mother searching for her stolen child, and illustrates the unbreakable bonds among families, lovers, and readers under the shadow of war. London, 1943: War and dwindling resources have taken their toll on the book publishing industry, but Alice Cotton, a young editor at Partridge Press, has seen her star begin to rise. She has a knack for creating new books to distract readers from the grim realities of the war. And the demand for books is greater than ever, both on the battlefield and on the home front. But just as her hard work seems poised to pay off, Alice unexpectedly falls pregnant. Facing the stigma of being an unwed mother, Alice flees to a small town to give birth to her child, Eadie, whom her family has promised to help raise. Instead, her mother sells the newborn to "baby farmers" who plan to give the child up for a private adoption. Alice begins her desperate hunt to find the daughter she never planned for but suddenly deeply loves. Alice's story intertwines with that of Theo Bloom, an American editor tasked with helping Partridge Press overcome the publishing obstacles of the war. Theo and Alice are quickly drawn to each other during their darkest hours, bound by hope, love, secrets, and the belief that books have the power to change lives.
