Best books for high school readers; grades 9-12, 2d ed.

9781591585763

Best books for high school readers; grades 9-12, 2d ed.

Barr, Catherine and John T. Gillespie.

Libraries Unlimited

2009

1075 pages

$85.00

Hardcover

Children's and young adult literature reference

Z1037

For librarians, this thorough and comprehensive reference lists about 12,788 recommended fiction and nonfiction books for children in grades nine to 12, drawn from a variety of book review journals. Entries, which are organized by genre, consist of a brief plot summary, ISBNs, price, publisher, publication date, Dewey Decimal classification number, grade-level, and review citations. Genres are literary fiction, plays, poetry, literary history and criticism, language and communication, biographies and memoirs, the arts and entertainment, history and geography, philosophy and religion, society and the individual, guidance and personal development, physical and applied sciences, and recreation and sports. This edition has also been updated to include titles published between 2004 and 2008 and those in audio format and Lexiles where available. Included are adult books suitable for young readers, and award- winning and series titles. General reference works, professional books for librarians and teachers, and mass market series books are excluded.

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