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Beast Beast Donna Jo Napoli Orasmyn is a young Persian prince with all the privileges and responsibilities his royal position holds. But when he falters and makes a single wrong decision, his pride angers a pari -- a fairy -- w… OL15841683W
Teaching young adult literature today Teaching young adult literature today Judith Hayn "Teaching Young Adult Literature introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. This smart collection by literary experts illustrates h… OL16283104W
Wild ink Wild ink Victoria Hanley What do you need to know to break in to the flourishing young adult (YA) market? With humor and a solid grounding in reality, author Victoria Hanley helps readers understand the ins and outs of the Y… OL16451357W
Children of promise Children of promise Charles Sullivan Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects. OL16479480W
One Direction One Direction One Direction Join the five boys of One Direction, Harry, Liam, Niall, Zayn and Louis, on their jam packed adventure to super stardom. Hear what each of them think about their life before and after joining the ban… OL17563776W
Multiethnic Books for the Middle-School Curriculum Multiethnic Books for the Middle-School Curriculum Cherri Jones The purpose of this book is to make it easier for teachers and librarians to infuse curricula with multiethnic literature. The list of recommended titles, for grades 5-8, is organized by curricular a… OL17904195W
Picture Writing Picture Writing Anastasia Suen An interactive and innovative resource provides children with the necessary tools and techniques to unleash and enhance their creativity in writing by concentrating on the selection of every word, im… OL18826W
Step lightly Step lightly Nancy Willard A collection of poems celebrating the ordinary in an unordinary way, by such authors as Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, and D. H. Lawrence. OL19453983W
Come November Come November Katrin van Dam Senior year at high school is going to be hard enough for Rooney Harris, desperate to get into a good college and away from her small town, but things get tougher when she ends up as the sole support… OL19763056W
Puella magi Puella magi Hanokage (Artist) "Madoka is horrified to learn the true nature of the witches she and her friends, the Magical Girls, have been fighting--and the terrible fate that awaits any Magical Girl who accepts Kyubey's offer … OL19958962W
The boys who challenged Hitler The boys who challenged Hitler Phillip M. Hoose "The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"-- "At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's l… OL20002014W
Identity crisis Identity crisis Melissa Schorr Who does she think she is? Annalise's audacious freshman-year hookup with Cooper Franklin has a trio of friends thirsting for revenge. So they catfish Annalise by creating the perfect virtual guy, wi… OL20024973W
Qingnian bidushu shouce Qingnian bidushu shouce Zhou Fang,Xianling Ji Nei rong : 1. shu hai dao hang ; 2. zhi ye ru men yu chang bei shu tui jian ; 3. qing nian bi du shu tui jian ; 4. qing nian bi du shu hou xuan shu mu. OL20656036W
Lessons in disability Lessons in disability Jacob Stratman "Interest in disability studies is also growing, in literature, film, art, politics and religion.This collection of new essays fills a gap in scholarship between teachers and YAL scholars. The contri… OL22320962W
High interest easy reading High interest easy reading National Council of Teachers of English. Committee to Revise High Interest-Easy Reading. Annotates approximately 400 recommended books of interest to reluctant junior or senior high school readers, arranged in twenty-two categories including adventure, fantasy, and history. OL2380983W
The child that books built The child that books built Francis Spufford "To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and the Na… OL2706776W
Literature for young people on war and peace Literature for young people on war and peace Harry Edwin Eiss xvii, 131 p. ; 25 cm OL4784082W
A brief chapter in my impossible life A brief chapter in my impossible life Dana Reinhardt Simone's starting her junior year in high school. Her mom's a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad's a political cartoonist, so she's grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign pet… OL5816326W
Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers Karen Burshtein Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer. OL6026510W
Writers on Writing for Young Adults Writers on Writing for Young Adults Patricia E. Feehan Subtitled Exploring the authors, the genre, the readers, the issues, and the critics of young-adult literature; together with checklists of the featured writers , this collection contains 43 essays t… OL8856845W
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