Best Books for Young Adults

By Holly Koelling and American Library Association

Best Books for Young Adults is back and better than ever The new third edition continues to be the most comprehensive and effective reference for great reading for young adults, including 40 years of best YA books plus background on the history, committee procedures, and current issues facing the BBYA Committee. It includes a recap of the current trends in teen literature as reflected in the past decade of BBYA lists. There are twenty seven themed and annotated reproducible booklists, perfect for reader's advisory with teens, parents, teachers even for collection development. It has indexed, annotated lists extending back to 1966.Teen service librarians in public and school libraries, along with parents, and middle and high school English teachers, will welcome this fully updated third edition, featuring a thought-provoking foreword from Betty Carter, YA services luminary and editor of the first two editions of BBYA.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838935699
• ISBN13: 9780838935699
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A highly recommended, core reference collection title.

Now in a completely revised and expanded second edition, Betty Carter's Best Books For Young Adults continues to offer invaluable insights and guidance for directing contemporary young adult readers through the wealth of literature available to them. Library students, staff, and administrators will learn how to crate dynamic reading lists for teens and young adults drawing from more than 1,800 classic and contemporary books; learn more about what teenagers are interested in reading today; identify the books considers "the best" by teen readers themselves; and director young adults toward appropriate adult literature. Best Books For Young Adults is a core reference title for library science collections and "must" reading for any librarian working with adolescent and young adult library patrons.