Young adult literature : from romance to realism

Cart's up-to-date coverage makes this the perfect resource for YA librarians who want to sharpen their readers' advisory skills, educators and teachers who work with young people, and anyone else who wants to understand where YA lit has been and where it's heading.

• Preface p. ix
• Part 1 That Was Then
• 1 From Sue Barton to the Sixties p. 3
• 2 The Sixties and Seventies p. 23
• 3 The Eighties-Something Old, Something New p. 41
• 4 The Early Nineties p. 55
• 5 The Rest of the Nineties p. 63
• Part 2 This Is Now
• 6 A New Literature for a New Millennium? p. 81
• 7 Genre on the Agenda p. 97
• 8 Romancing the Retail p. 107
• 9 So, How Adult Is Young Adult? p. 131
• 10 Meanwhile, Back in the Real World p. 151
• 11 Reality Redux p. 163
• 12 Sex and Other Shibboleths p. 175
• 13 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Literature p. 187
• 14 Still the Controversies Continue p. 197
• 15 The Viz Biz p. 203
• 16 The New Nonfiction p. 223
• 17 Of Books and Bytes p. 233
• References p. 249
• Appendix p. 271
• About the Author p. 277
• Index p. 279