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<p><p>If you are looking for a book to give to a teenage reader, here's the reference you've been waiting for. Until now, there's been no accepted guide to what's good, bad, or indifferent in the flood of books coming off the presses in the hot new category of young-adult publishing. If it's true that you can't judge a book by its cover, it is especially true for teen books, as publishers take aim at a new class of readers. The books land on shelves without a history, and so there is no standard by which to judge them.<p>Anita Silvey, one of the country's leading authorities on books for young people, has interviewed teenage readers all over the country and immersed herself in young-adult books, with an emphasis on books published in the last five years. The result is this invaluable and very readable guide for parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers, reading groups, and of course teens themselves.<p>With its extended essays describing 500 selections, parents will quickly see what their teenagers are actually reading -- and will be able to find good books to introduce them to. Teachers can spot excellent additions to summer reading lists. Booksellers can move customers from one

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Author

Anita Silvey [Silvey, Anita]

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade and Reference;Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547523811

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Reference

Rating

3.93 / 5 (128 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14