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| Most chapters conclude with Notes and Titles Mentioned in the Text of Chapter | |
| Specialized Contents | |
| Preface | |
| Understanding Young Adults and Books | |
| Young Adults and Their Reading | |
| What Is Young Adult Literature | |
| A Brief Unsettled Heritage | |
| Today's Authors | |
| Characteristics of the Best Young Adult Literature | |
| Stages of Literary Appreciation | |
| Questions about Gender and Literacy | |
| A Brief History of Adolescent Literature | |
| 1800-1900: A Century of Purity with a Few Passions | |
| A Sampling of Books Appreciated by Young Adults 1864-1965 | |
| 1900-1940: From the Safety of Romance to the Beginning of Realism | |
| 1940-1966: From Certainty to Uncertainty | |
| Pop Culture, YA Lit, Big Business, and Archetypal Images | |
| YA Lit as Big Business | |
| A Survey of Students' Relationships to Popular Media | |
| Archetypes in Literature and the Pop Culture | |
| Modern Young Adult Reading | |
| Contemporary Realistic Fiction: From Tragedies to Romances | |
| The Modern Problem Novel | |
| What Are the Problems | |
| More Optimistic Novels | |
| Wish-Fulfilling Stories | |
| Poetry, Drama, and Humor | |
| A New Day for Poetry | |
| Making Drama a Class Act | |
| Humor Matters | |
| Adventure, Sports, Mysteries, and the Supernatural | |
| Adventure Stories | |
| Sports and the Game of Life | |
| Mysteries | |
| Stories of the Supernatural | |
| Fantasy, Science Fiction, Utopias, and Dystopias | |
| What Is Fantasy? | |
| Other Kinds of Fantasy | |
| What Is Science Fiction? | |
| Types of Science Fiction | |
| Utopias and Dystopias | |
| History and History Makers: Of People and Places | |
| Historical Fiction | |
| Westerns | |
| Books About War | |
| Literature of the Holocaust | |
| Books About Vietnam | |
| Nonfiction: Information | |
| Literary Nonfiction | |
| Biographies and Self-Help Books | |
| Information Books | |
| Narrative or Storytelling in Nonfiction | |
| Memoirs and Personal Experiences | |
| Biographies | |
| Autobiographies | |
| Nonfiction to Help Teenagers Learn | |
| Who They Are and Where They Fit | |
| Outstanding Authors of Nonfiction for Young Adults | |
| Adults And The Literature Of Young Adults | |
| Evaluating, Promoting, and Using Young Adult Books | |
| Evaluating Young Adult Literature | |
| Deciding on the Literary Canon | |
| Teaching Ethnic Literature | |
| Using Young Adult Literature in the Library | |
| Using Young Adult Books in the Reading Classroom | |
| Using Young Adult Books in the Social Studies Class | |
| Parents and Young Adult Literature | |
| Clarifying Human Relations and Values | |
| Literature in the English Class: Short Stories | |
| Novels | |
| Creative Writing | |
| Film, and Thematic Units | |
| Principles of Teaching English | |
| Using Young Adult Literature in English Classes | |
| Using Short Stories in English Class | |
| Using Novels in English Class | |
| Using Young Adult Literature in Creative Writing | |
| Teaching Film in the English Class | |
| Using Thematic Units in the English Class | |
| Censorship: Of Worrying and Wondering | |
| A Sampling of Early Attitudes Toward Censorship | |
| The State of Classroom and Library Censorship Today | |
| Some Assumptions about Censorship and Censors | |
| Attacks on Materials | |
| Some Court Decisions Worth Knowing | |
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