If you are looking for a book to give to a teenage reader,here's the reference you've been waiting for. Until now, there'sbeen no accepted guide to what's good, bad, or indifferent in theflood of books coming off the presses in the hot new category ofyoung-adult publishing. If it's true that you can't judge a book byits cover, it is especially true for teen books, as publishers takeaim at a new class of readers. The books land on shelves without ahistory, and so there is no standard by which to judge them. AnitaSilvey, one of the country's leading authorities on books for youngpeople, has interviewed teenage readers all over the country andimmersed herself in young-adult books, with an emphasis on bookspublished in the last five years. The result is this invaluable andvery readable guide for parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers,reading groups, and of course teens themselves. With its extendedessays describing 500 selections, parents will quickly see whattheir teenagers are actually reading -- and
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