Books for You

Designed to help teachers, students, and parents identify engaging and insightful books for young adults, this book presents annotations of over 1,000 books published between 1990 and 1994. The book begins with a foreword by award-winning author Jerry Spinelli that tells students why they should read. Annotations in the book are grouped by subject into 36 thematic chapters, including: "Adventure and Survival"; "Dating and Sexual Awareness"; "Family Relationships"; "Inspiration and Religion"; "Science and Technology"; "Humor and Satire"; "Poetry"; "Short Stories"; and "War and War Stories." More than 150 titles with a multicultural focus are highlighted in one of the chapters entitled "Multicultural Themes." Annotations in the book provide full bibliographic information, a concise summary, and a notation about any awards the book has won. Appendixes present lists of award-winning works of poetry, fiction drama, and nonfiction for the years 1989 through 1995; and a list of organizations that produce their own lists of notable books for young readers. Author, subject, and title indexes are attached. (RS).