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020			_a0-205-41035-9
040			_cSAUT Mbeya Library
082			_222nd ed. _a028.55 DON
100			_9521 _aDONELSON, Kenneth L.
245			_aLiterature for today's young adults / _cKenneth L. Donelson, Alleen Pace Nilsen
250			_a7th ed.
260			_aBoston : _bPearson, _cc2005.
300			_bxvii, 478p. : ill. ; _c24cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliography and index
520			_aWith 140 fewer pages than the fourth edition, the seventh obviously has been tightened; it's partly in the format, with narrower margins and less white space. Otherwise, some text has been rephrased or rearranged and topics (for example, adolescent psychology) given shorter shrift. Coverage of Holocaust literature has been expanded, and discussion of problem novels improved. Sports books have been dumped in with humor, movies, and other stuff, including humorous poetry, which, it seems, the authors feel is the only kind teens read for pleasure; other types of poetry as well as short stories and drama are relegated to the English classroom, coverage of which has been enlarged. The chapter on sf and fantasy is good on historical aspects but weak on today's writers. A short list of Internet listserves and Web sites has been incorporated as part of using YA literature in the library. Once again, updating of appendixes seems spotty. Nevertheless, this is useful as a resource for youth librarians and a tool for teaching YA literature.
650		0	_9522 _aYoung adult literature History and criticism, Young adult literature Bibliography, Young adults, Books and reading
700			_9523 _aAlleen Pace Nilsen
942			_2ddc _cBK