young adults

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A new kind of party animal

how the young are tearing up the American political landscape
1998
Discusses how young people are changing American politics, why the way they were raised will affect the future, what factors set Generation X apart from others, and other related topics.

Motivating children and young adults to read

1979
Provides ways to encourage reading in children and young adults.

The postponed generation

why America's grown-up kids are growing up later
1986

Goodbye high school, hello world

2005
Offers recent high school graduates practical advice on how they can start living the rest of their lives, with information on jobs, college, dating, money, friends, and moving out.

Young adult literature and multimedia

a quick guide
2006
Explores a wide range of topics related to young adult literature and multimedia, profiling specific works and contributions that have become popular with teens and offering advice on how to manage a multimedia collection for teens in the library.

A family of readers

the book lover's guide to children's and young adult literature
2011
Contains essays from authors and artists such as Maurice Sendak, Katherine Paterson, Jon Scieszka, and other selected critics that provide tips and advice for parents on literature for children and young adult readers.

Scott Pilgrim's precious little life

2004
Twenty-three-year-old Scott Pilgrim has the perfect life playing guitar in a rock band and dating a cute high school girl until he meets Ramona Flowers, an unforgettable rollerblading delivery girl whose seven evil ex-boyfriends Scott must defeat if he wants to win her love.

Upstate

2006
Seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, find their love tested when Antonio is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

Presenting young adult horror fiction

1992
Study of contemporary manifestations of horror fiction for young adults, highlighting those authors teenagers particularly enjoy.

What are you?

voices of mixed-race young people
1999
Many young people of racially mixed backgrounds discuss their feelings about family relationships, prejudice, dating, personal identity, and other issues.

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