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This guide will help readers' advisors understand what teens appreciate about their favorite genres while also serving as a helpful collection development tool.
Covering more than 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them.
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Covering more than 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them.
This guide, the first of its kind, will help public and school librarians, teachers, and collections staff identify genre blends for readers' advisory, curriculum development, or creating core collections.
Complete with booklists, summaries, read-alikes, and thorough indexes, this guide Covers suspense, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, and science fiction, as well as non-genre titles that don’t neatly fit into any ...
Provides a library reference guide to graphic novels, listing the different genres available and describing the relationship between graphic novels and films and video games, along with lists of recommended works for each category.
Provides information about the genre of urban fiction, including its appeal to readers, its characteristics and structural elements, its history, and readers' advisory and collection development strategies for librarians.
A guide to help readers' advisors serve teens offers techniques to connect with teens on their own terms, provides tips on creating a positive advisory experience, and includes "sure bets" lists, thematic reading lists, and sources of ...
10 Contents Series Introduction by Joyce Saricks and Neil Wyatt vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 DeteCting the enDuring AppeAl of the Mystery novel 1 2 the history of Mystery 5 3 A CrAsh Course in Mystery reADers' ADvisory WorK ...