Library & Information Science,
Course 262: Resources for Young Adults.
Dr. David Loertscher
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Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the holocaust. Illus. Little, Brown. Photographs from the U.S. Holocaust Museum and the accompanying narrative convey the history and horror of the Nazi regime, focusing on its effect on individuals and families.
Bode, Janet and Stan Mack. Heartbreak and Roses: Real-Life Stories of Troubled Love. Delacorte. In this eye-opening collection of narratives, teens talk about their troubled love relationships.
Celebrate America: In Poetry and Art. Ed. by Nora Panzer. Illus. Hyperion. Join in the celebration of the American way of life through this rich multicultural collection of poetry and art.
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States. Ed. by Lori M. Carlson. Holt/Edge. Party times, hard times, memories, and dreams come to life in these English, Spanish, and Spanglish poems by 29 Latino writers.
Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. Clarion. Through the impressive photography of reformer-photographer Hine and direct writing, Freedman chronicles the state of child labor in early twentieth-century America.
Jones, Maurice K. Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music. Millbrook. Full-color illustrations accompany the lively story of the history, personalities and social significance of rap- as well as the controversies that swirl around it.
Koebner, Linda. Zoo Book: The Evolution of Wildlife Conservation Centers. Illus. Tor/Forge. Complemented by handsome photographs, an inside, in-depth look at the inner workings of a modern-day zoo examines the changing role of the zoo community as it reorients itself into a global conservation leader.
Kuklin, Susan. After a Suicide: Young People Speak Up. Putnam. Friends and family members of suicide victims and survivors themselves share their experiences and feelings in this thought-provoking collection of essays.
Lawlor, Laurie. Shadow Catcher: The Life and Works of Edward S. Curtis. Illus. Walker. Curtis' passion for documenting the lives of native Americans through photographs and narratives claimed 30 years of his life and nearly impoverished him.
Marrin, Albert. Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War. Illus. Atheneum. In addition to pointing out the many ironies in Grant's life and his pivotal role in the Civil War, Marrin portrays a soldier's life, early medical services, and battle tactics.
McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America. Random. McCall remembers his journey from a working-class African-American neighborhood to prison to a prestigious position on the Washington Post.
Naythons, Matthew. Sarejevo: A Portrait of the Siege. Illus. Warner. Shocking, stark black-and-white photographs taken during the 1992-93 war portray the suffering in Sarajevo, providing an unforgettable message about the horrors of war.
Nichols, Michael. the Great Apes: Between Two World. Illus. National Geographic. Descriptions of the lives of chimps, gorillas, ad orangutans - so humanlike yet disappearing because of us - are accompanied by stunning, full-color photographs that bring the reader into their worlds.
Paulsen, Gary. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod. Harcourt. Vividly bringing to life the Alaskan Iditarod, a dog sled race requiring intensive training, skill, endurance, and the ability to survive subzero temperatures. Paulsen focuses on the dogs who made it possible for him to go all the way.
Rivers, Glenn and Bruce Brooks. Those Who Love the Game: Glenn "Doc" Rivers on Life in the NBA and Elsewhere. Illus. Holt. Doc Rivers tells it like it is - his life, his family, his teammates and coaches, and, above all, how he lives and plays the game of basketball.
Ross, Stewart. Shakespeare and Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play. Illus. Viking. Both Shakespeare's England and the exciting story behind the bard's most bloody play are illuminated in Ross' vivid account.
Rylant, Cynthia. Something Permanent.. Illus. by Walker Evans. Harcourt. Rylant reinterpret Evans' well-known Depress-era photographs in poetry that is as unforgettable as that extraordinary time in history.
Sutton, Roger. Hearing Us Out: Voices From the Gay and Lesbian Community. Illus. Little, Brown. Documenting a wide range of experience, 15 gay and lesbian individuals narrate their joys and struggles to be who they are.
Wolf, Sylvia. Focus: Five Women Photographers. Illus. Albert Whitman. Wolf views the creative process from very different perspectives through crisp, well-selected photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Flor Garduno, Sandy Skoglund, and Lorna Simpson.
Nonfiction
Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies. Algonquin. Dede and her three sisters, "Las Mariposas," turn from being interested in hair ribbons to gunrunning and acts of political sabotage against the despotic Dominican Republic dictator, Trujillo.
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence. HarperCollins. Sixteen short stories, told from gay and lesbian perspectives by popular young adult authors, explore pride, individuality, and struggle.
Beake, Lesley. Song of Be. Holt/Edge. In newly independent Namibia, teenager Be despairs of finding her place in the new political culture, which seems to be destroying the traditional way of life of her San people.
Bennett, James. Dakota Dream. Scholastic. Floyd (or Charley Black Crow, as he prefers to be called) runs away from his group home to seek his destiny as a member of the Dakota tribe.
Bonner, Cindy. Looking After Lily. Algonquin. It is 1884, and Lily is very young and very pregnant, and her outlaw husband is in a Texas jail.
Bosse, Malcolm. The Examination. Farrar. Hong sacrifices everything to travel with his impractical, intelligent older brother, Chen, protecting him from danger as they journey to the government examinations, with their promise of wealth and position.
Brooks, Martha. Traveling on into the Light and Other Stories. Orchard/Melanie Kroupa. In 11 short stories, readers meet teens who are dealing with life's problems on journey toward adulthood.
Brown, Mary. Pigs Don't Fly. Baen; dist. by St. Martin's. With the help of her magic unicorn-horn ring, Somerdai acquires a horse, a dog, a bird, a turtle, a handsome knight, and a flying pig on her quest to find home and happiness.
Bull, Emma. Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands. Tor; dist. by St. Martin's The Finder, a human living in the Borderlands fantasy world, is asked by the police to use his talent for locating missing things and people in a murder investigation.
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. Four Walls Eight Windows. Armed with hope for the future and her unusual ability to feel the pain of others, 18-year-old Lauren leads a band of survivors north from the ruins of 2025 Los Angeles.
Cooney, Caroline B. Driver's Ed. Delacorte. Guilt and fear permeate Remy and Morgan's new romance when a street-sign-stealing caper planned in driving class takes a deadly turn.
Coville, Bruce. Oddly Enough. Harcourt/Jane Yolen. An angel, a unicorn, a vampire, and a werewolf are among the featured creatures in these 9 funny, poignant, and riveting short stories.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Clarion. Fighting fleas, unsuitable suitors, and her mother's attempts to make a lady of her, Catherine writes in her diary about her frustrations with her life as a young noblewoman in medieval times.
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Orchard/Richard Jackson. When General Matsika's three children are kidnapped after they leave the safety of their armed compound, their mother hires the best detective team available in 2194 Zimbabwe - the appropriately named mutant partners - the Ear, the Eye and the Arm.
Fletcher, Susan. Flight of the Dragon Kyn.. Atheneum/Jean Karl. In a story set in the same fantasy world as Dragon's Milk, 15-year-old Kara is being forced by the king to use her gift of calling birds to help him destroy the dragons who once saved her life.
French, Albert. Billy. Viking. In 1930 Mississippi, it is punishable by death for a black to kill a white, even if it is an accident - and even if the "killer" is only 10 years old.
Hambly, Barbara. Stranger at the Wedding. Ballantine/Del Rey. Journeyman wizard Kyra returns home to save her sister, Alex, from a sinister wizard's death spell and falls in love with her sister's betrothed.
Hayes, Daniel. No Effect. Godine. Tyler's adventures escalate in the eighth grade when he falls in love with his science teacher and becomes a fanatical member of the wrestling team.
Hesse, Karen. Phoenix Rising. Holt. After losing almost everyone who matters to her, Nyle does not want to get to know 15-year-old Ezra, who has taken refuge in the back bedroom after a nuclear accident.
Hite, Sid. it's Nothing to a Mountain. Holt. Stunned by their parents' deaths in a fiery car crash, Lisette and Riley find both healing and a very special guardian angel at their grandparents' home in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Jordan, Sherryl. Wolf-Woman. Houghton. Sixteen-year old Tanith must make a choice between the love of a young man and the call of the wolves ho raised her until age three.
Kerr, M.E. Deliver Us From Evie. HarperCollins. Parr has much to contend with - his small-town farm life, his emerging and raging hormones, and his older sister's lesbianism.
Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love. Houghton. Girl by day, owl by night, 14-year-old Owl Tycho finds life is complicated - not only by a crush on her science teacher, but also by the presence of a deranged boy in the woods.
King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper's Apprentice; or, On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's. Sherlock Holmes meets an intellectual equal, 15-year-old Mary Russell, who challenges him to investigate yet another case.
Koertge, Ron. Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright. Orchard/Melanie Kroupa. Afraid that his mother will send his beloved but senile grandfather to a nursing home, Jesse tries to cover for the old man when he insists he has spotted tiger tracks in the nearby California hills.
Krisher, Trudy. Spite Fences. Delacorte. It is the summer of 1960 in Kinship, Georgia, and living is not so easy for 13-year-old Maggie after the civil rights movement comes to town.
Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Bruning Time Scholastic/Blue Sky. In this shocking story, Mary Chase fights to save her mother from being executed as a witch in 1692 Salem.
Levitin, Sonia. Escape from Egypt. Little, Brown. Miracles, plagues, and love are only part of what two teens - Jesse, a Hebrew slave, and jennat, a half-Egyptian, half Syrian girl - confront in this retelling of the biblical story of the Exodus.
Lynch, Chris. Gypsy Davey. HarperCollins. Learning about love, life, and growing, Davey challenges our perceptions of a mentally disabled teenager.
Lynch, Chris. Iceman. HaperCollins. Eric plays hockey with a savage intensity, hoping that this only link to his father will improve their troubled relationship.
Marsden, John. Letters From the Inside. Houghton. With each letter, teenage pen pals Tracey and Mandy share personal experiences, each fearing the future - then Tracey's letters come back stamped "Return to Sender."
Myers, Walter Dean. The Glory Field. Scholastic. From slavery to the present, the Lewis family has clung to its piece of South Carolina land, despite adversity, discrimination, and family problems.
Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine. Orchard/Richard Jackson. 12 year-old Slim must face the truth that her beloved, irreplaceable father is dying from AIDS.
O'Donohoe, Nick. The Magic and the Healing. Berkley/Ace. B.J. Vaughan and other veterinary students participate in an internship that crosses beyond science and enters the magical realm of mythical creatures.
Porte, Barbara Ann. Something Terrible Happened. Orchard/Richard Jackson. The happy and quiet life that Gillian has with her mother and grandmother begins to unravel when her mother is diagnosed with AIDS.
Power, Susan. The Grass Dancer. Putnam. A multigenerational story about a Sioux family begins with the love of Ghost Horse and Red Dress and ends in the 1980s with Charlene Thunder, who falls in love with Harley Wind Soldier, a grass dancer.
Qualey, Marsha. Come in From the Cold. Houghton. Jeff and Maud, two 17-year-olds whose families have suffered personal tragedies caused by the Vietnam conflict, find comfort and love when they meet during the 1969 antiwar movement.
Rapp, Adam. Missing the Piano. Viking. Initially thrilled when his younger sister wins a role in the national tour of Les Miserables, Mike Tegroff finds his enthusiasm waning when he discovers that he is being sent to a military academy while his mother and sister travel.
Reuter, Bjarne. The Boys from St. Petri. Tr. by Anthea Bell. Dutton. When the Germans occupy Denmark during World War II, a group of teenage boys escalate their pranks to a series of increasingly dangerous reistance missions.
Reynolds, Marilyn. Too Son for Jeff. Morning Glory. Jeff's plans for the future, which include college, debate, and girls, but not his high-school girlfriend Christy, come crashing down when she has his baby.
Rodowsky, Colby. Hannah in Between. Farrar. Hannah is caught in between childhood and adult responsibilities as she desperately tries to keep her mother's alcoholism a secret.
Roybal, Laura. Billy. Houghton A confused 16-year-old, who had been kidnapped at age 10, must decide whether he is Billy Melendez, a New Mexico cowboy from a rural community, or Will Campbell, a middle-class midwesterner.
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-Red Sun. Delacorte. Tomi, a Japanese American teen living in Hawaii, must become the man of his family when his father and grandfather are interned after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Schulman, Audrey. The Cage. Algonquin. When she is chosen to join an expedition to photograph polar bears from behind the think bars of a tiny metal cage. Beryl's courage is tested to the limit.
Shoup, Barbara. Wish You Were Here. Hyperion; dist. by Little, Brown. Jax experiences life's highs and lows during his senior year when he falls in love and also has to deal with his father's near-fatal accident and his best friend's running away.
Sinclair, April. Coffee Will Make You Black. Hyperion; dist. by Little, Brown. Stevie, a young black girl growing up in the late 1950s, struggles - humorously - to make sense of the adult world she is entering.
Springer, Nancy. Toughing It. Harcourt/Browndeer. After witnessing his older brother's senseless murder, 16-year-old Tuff leaves home in shocked anger, determined to find the killer - but finds a father instead.
Stolz, Mary. Cozanne Pinto. Knopf. As an old man, Cezanne relives his experiences as a slave, a stable hand in Canada, and a Texas cowboy during the late 1800s.
Sweeney, Joyce. Shadow. Delacorte. Shadow died a year earlier, but Sarah still senses her beloved cat's presence, which is fortunate because she has started dreaming about blood, violence, and broken glass, and needs all the help she can get.
Temple, Frances. The Ramsay Scallop. Orchard/Richard Jackson. Betrothed, though they barely know each other, 14-year-old Eleanor and 18-year-old Thomas are sent in 1299 by their castle priest on a pilgrimage from their English village through France to Spain.
Voigt, Cynthia. When She Hollers. Scholastic. Tish takes a knife and her destiny in hand on the day she decides to stop her father from sexually abusing her.
Watkins, Yoko Kawahima. My Brother, My Sister, and I. Bradbury. After escaping war-torn Korea in 1947, Yoko and her brother and sister return to face harsh prejudice in Japan, struggling for survival after their mother's death and as they await the return of their missing father.
Wilson, Robert Charles. Mysterium. Bantam/Spectra. Following an explosion at a secret government installation, the town of Two Rivers wakes up in a parallel dimension, where the church rules and teens are hanged for rebelling.
Woodson, Jacqueline. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This. Delacorte Marie and Lena become friends despite race and class differences, but can their friendship protect Lena from the terrifying secret she is forced to keep?
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