Outstanding Books for the College Bound

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Pub. Date: 1996-05-01
Publisher(s): Amer Library Assn
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Summary

These expert authors detail a wealth of ideas for planning providing, and evaluating services tailored to young adults. You'll discover thoughtful insights and practical advice focused on helping young adults make the most of the wide-ranging resources available. Rely on these excellent sources to: -- Create an environment that fosters intellectual, emotional, and social growth -- Select fiction and non-fiction that informs, inspires, and interests young adults -- Integrate school library resources with curriculum requirements What should I read to get ready for college? Each year hordes of students ask this question. Now you can answer it with the expertise of YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound committee. For 35 years committee members have considered both classic and contemporary titles. In this single volume, they offer 38 indexed lists of notable books you can handily recommend. More than 1,000 books are organized into five genres -- The Arts, Biography, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Books for the Times -- with an annotation and year of selection for each. A chronological section offers snapshots in history and shows the evolution of the list (as well as tastes and attitudes) over the decades.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Introduction vii
Most Often ``Outstanding'' xii
PART ONE: OUTSTANDING BOOKS BY GENRE, 1959--1994
The Arts
3(34)
Biography
37(20)
Fiction
57(19)
Nonfiction
76(24)
Now/Current
100(11)
Poetry
111(4)
PART TWO: THE LISTS BY YEAR 115(73)
Appendix Guidelines for Outstanding Books for the College Bound Committee 188(3)
Author Index 191(12)
Title Index 203

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