Best Books for Young Adults, third edition.Best Books for Young Adults, third edition Holly Koelling ALA Editions c/o American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. , IL 60611 9780838935699, $42.00 www.alastore.ala.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. 1-866-746-7252 Now in a newly updated third edition, Best Books for Young Adults is a guide especially for public and school library service professionals to selecting a quality literature collection for young adults. Offering annotated lists of the best YA books from 1966 to the present (indexed by author and title), background on the history and procedures of the BBYA BBYA Best Books for Young Adults committee, a recounting of current trends in teen literature, twenty-seven themed and annotated reproducible re·pro·duce v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es v.tr. 1. To produce a counterpart, image, or copy of. 2. Biology To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means. booklists ideal for readers' advisory with teens, parents, and teachers, Best Books for Young Adults lives up to its title and then some. An extremely user-friendly guide, and certainly the next best thing to having personally read every book on the list for selecting a suitable YA collection. |
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