Radical Reads 2: Working with the Newest Edgy Titles for Teens

by Joni Richards Bodart

In Radical Reads, Joni Richards Bodart identified 101 young adult books that featured gritty, complex plots, focused on multidimensional characters, and tackled such difficult subjects as teenage pregnancy, dysfunctional families, gangs, prejudice, violence, drugs, or other provocative issues. Teen readers were drawn to such books because they could identify with both the characters and the situations depicted in these raw and edgy works of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081086908X
• ISBN13: 9780810869080
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"