Cole, Pamela Burress. <br/><br/>
Young adult literature in the 21st century / 
 Young adult literature in the twenty-first century 
Pam B. Cole. 
 - Boston :  McGraw-Hill Higher Education,  c2009. 
 - xviii, 702 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Adolescence : defining moments -- The young adult reader -- Trends and issues in young adult literature -- Realistic fiction (reading skill : making connections) -- Romance, humor, and sports (reading skill : questioning) -- Historical fiction (reading skills : monitoring and clarifying) -- Mysteries, thrillers, and horror (reading skills : inferential thinking and predicting) -- Science fiction and fantasy (reading skills : visualizing and vocabulary) -- Short stories, poetry, and drama (reading skill : building fluency) -- Nonfiction, autobiographies, biographies, diaries, and memoirs (reading skills : text structure and summarizing) -- The classical canon and young adult literature (reading skill : synthesizing) -- The popular culture influence / by Faith H. Wallace -- YA literature and writing : motivating young writers in the real world / by James Blasingame. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073525938 (pbk.) 0073525936 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading (Middle school)<br/>Young adult literature--Study and teaching (Middle school)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.40712  / COL