The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists: 100 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Teens

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
Part 1: Genres......Page 14
Narrative Nonfiction for Young Adults......Page 16
Action Fantasy......Page 20
Adult Fiction Titles for Young Adults......Page 22
Adult Nonfiction Titles for Young Adults......Page 26
Based on a True Story......Page 30
Clean Romance......Page 33
E-mails and Blogs and IMs, Oh My!......Page 36
Fairy Tale Variations......Page 38
Fairy Tale Variations Arranged by Individual Tales......Page 40
Fractured Fairy Tales......Page 42
Hip Hop Literature......Page 45
Horror......Page 46
Humor......Page 48
Hybrid Literature, Parallel Novels: A Different Perspective......Page 51
Jazz......Page 56
Keeping \'Em on Their Toes......Page 58
Novels in Verse......Page 60
Short and Sweet......Page 64
Tearjerkers......Page 66
True Adventure......Page 70
Wordless......Page 72
Part 2: Characters......Page 76
Adventure with Female Protagonists......Page 78
African American Girls: Positive Image......Page 80
Author Memoirs......Page 84
Biracial Characters......Page 86
Boy Bonding......Page 88
Chick Lit with Minority Characters......Page 90
Female Quest Stories......Page 92
Freshman Experience......Page 96
Girls in Sports......Page 98
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, and Questioning......Page 100
Kindness of Strangers......Page 103
Mental Illness......Page 105
Physically Handicapped......Page 107
Politically Active......Page 110
Royally Good Reads......Page 112
Fantasy Sheroes......Page 114
Teen Romance with African American Characters......Page 117
Part 3: Books About Self......Page 118
Aftereffects of Violence......Page 120
Anger......Page 123
Beating the Odds......Page 126
Child Abuse: Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse......Page 128
Coming of Age......Page 130
Cutting......Page 131
Drug Abuse......Page 132
Gangs......Page 135
Life in the Fat Lane: Books About Food Issues for Teens......Page 138
Making Choices......Page 140
Meaning of Life......Page 143
Overcoming Poverty......Page 144
Perfectionism......Page 146
Road Trip......Page 147
Runaways......Page 150
Search for Identity......Page 154
Self-Mutilation......Page 156
Surviving Peer Pressure......Page 158
Part 4: Setting......Page 160
Ancient Civilizations......Page 162
Civil War......Page 164
Dust Bowl......Page 166
Ellis Island......Page 168
Frontier and Pioneer Life......Page 170
Holocaust......Page 174
Life on the Home Front During World War II......Page 176
Middle Ages......Page 178
South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora......Page 181
Vietnamese Conflict......Page 185
Women\'s Labor Movement......Page 186
World War I......Page 188
World War II......Page 190
Part 5: Subjects......Page 192
Almost Famous......Page 194
Big Brother Is Watching......Page 196
Community Service......Page 197
Community Service as Punishment......Page 198
Criminally Minded......Page 199
Dating Abuse......Page 201
Ecowarriors......Page 202
Extreme Sports......Page 204
Faeries and Faraway Realms......Page 207
Genocide......Page 209
Materialism......Page 210
Medical Thrillers......Page 211
Peace......Page 213
Picture Books About War......Page 217
Pirates......Page 220
Questionable Medical Ethics......Page 222
Tattooing and Body Art......Page 224
Vampires......Page 225
Violence......Page 227
What\'s Real? Books That Question Our Reality......Page 230
Winter......Page 231
World Literature; Global Fiction for Teens......Page 235
Part 6: Audience......Page 238
Books That Changed the World......Page 240
Father-Son Book Club......Page 242
(Books That Appeal to) Goths......Page 245
Nonfiction for Reluctant Readers......Page 248
Read-Alouds for High School Students......Page 252
Read-Alouds for Middle School Students......Page 254
Reluctant Boy Readers......Page 257
Reluctant Girl Readers......Page 260
Romance for Boy Readers......Page 263
Bookmarks......Page 266
Index......Page 280