b'Young Adult Fiction Core CollectionsCore CollectionDue to the growing popularity of the Young Adult fiction genre and the ever increasing availability of new titles, librarians need more guidance than ever to select the best that YA fiction has to offer. Young Adult Fiction Core Collection (3rd Edition, 2019) highlights more than 2,500 recommended titles for young adult readers.Young Adult Fiction Core Collection is designed to assist the busy librarian in a wide variety of ways: Purchasing Guide. The Core Collection is designed to assist in theselection and ordering of titles. Annotations are provided for each title alongwith information concerning the publisher, ISBN, price, and availability. Readers Advisory. The work of readers advisory is furthered by theNewinformation about sequels and companion volumes and the descriptive andEdition! critical annotations in the List of Fictional Works, and by the subject accessin the Index.LIST OF FICTIONALWORKS FicFicFIRST EDITONCataloging & Information Support. For this purpose, full bibliographical3rd Edition data are provided in the List of Fictional Works. Entries also includebut when her country rock band gets a handsome new leadClaudiaClarkesharp,opinionated,andHarvard-singer from Paradise, Texas, those dreams may change. boundis the only girl who isnt impressed by quarterback Strong, rural Southern storytelling and mother-daugh- recommended subject headings, editions available, awards, publicationJULY 2019 Omar T-Diddy Smalls. Omar takes a bet that he can win ter conict are integral parts of the plot. . . . Alexanders sim- Claudia over, and when his usual seduction tactics fail, he history, and other titles in the series.One Volume; 500 pages applies his social clout to Claudias cause du jour. His bur-mering plot is . . . driven by a complex story and multiple, ISBN:978-1-64265-022-8Curriculum Support. Subject indexing, grade levels, and annotationscomplex characters. SLJ geoning social awareness and transformation from carefree jock to true campus leader are satisfying and convincing. List Price: $255(Horn Book) are helpful in identifying materials appropriate for lesson planning andThesweetheartof Prosper County.Feiwel and Friends2009212p$16.99 classroom use.Grades: 7 8 9 10Fic Alexie, Sherman, 1966-Collection Maintenance. Information about titles available on a subject1.Texas Fiction2.Bullies Fiction3.BereavementTheabsolutelytrue diary of a part-time In- Fiction4.Mother-daughter relationship Fiction dian;art by Ellen Forney.Little, Brown2007229p facilitates decisions to rebind, replace, or discard items.ISBN 978-0-312-54856-8;0-312-54856-7 il$18.99 LC 2008-34757Instructional Aid. The Core Collection is useful in courses that deal withGrades: 8 9 10FicIn a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices1.School stories2.Friendship Fiction3.Family life literature and book selection for young adults.and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in Fiction4.Native Americans Fictionthe next parade and, in the process, grows in her understand- ISBN 0316013684;9780316013680ing of friendship and helps her widowed mother through LC 2007-22799CREATED FOR LIBRARIANS, BY LIBRARIANSher mourning. National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature This is a warm, humorous story. . . . A refreshing pic- (2007) Every entry has been carefully selected by experienced librarians from public library ture of teen angst, with realistic dialogue and memorableBoston Globe-Horn Book Award: Fiction and Poetry characters. SLJ (2008) systems and school libraries across the United States. These specialists represent Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on a diversity of backgrounds in librarianship for young people and possess a wealth Alexander, Kwame the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm Thecrossover;a basketball novel.by Kwameof experience on national juries and American Library Association committees.town school where the only other Indian is the school mas-Alexander.Houghton Mif in Harcourt2014240 p.cot. Grades seven to ten. (Bull Cent Child Books)$16.99 The many characters, on and off the rez, with whom he has dealings Young Adult Fiction Core Collection include:Detailed entries in Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12Ficare portrayed with compassion and verve. . . . Forneys simple pencil cartoons t perfectly within the story 1.Rap music2.Novels in verse3.Twins Fiction4. Complete Bibliographic and Cataloging DataBrothers Fiction5.Basketball Fiction6.Fathersand reect the burgeoning artist within Junior. Booklistand sons Fiction7.African Americans FictionContent Descriptions & Annotations from Selected ReviewsISBN 0544107713;9780544107717 Almond, David, 1951-Subject Headings, Price, ISBN, Grade Level Classification LC 2013013810 Clay.Delacorte Press2006247phardcover In this novel, by Kwame Alexander, 12-year old Josho.p.pa$8.99 Additional notes on special features, sequels and companion volumes,Bell . . . and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on theGrades: 7 8 9 10Ficcourt. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, heseditions available, awards, and publication history1.Horror ction2.Supernatural Fictiongot mad beats, too, that tell his familys story in verse. . . .ISBN 0-385-73171-X;0-440-42013-Xpa Most Highly Recommended titles within subject areas are easily identifiedJosh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and LC 2005-22681with a starred listingoff the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terribleThe developing relationship between teenager Davie and price, as their storys . . . climax proves a game-changer fora mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker the entire family. (Publishers note)Organized for ease of use by Author Nameand more sinister when Davie learns rsthand of the boys Twins Josh and Jordan are junior high basketball stars,supernatural powers.thanks in large part to the coaching of their dad, a formerRooted in the ordinariness of a community and in one professional baller who was forced to quit playing for healthDETAILED INDEXINGboys chance to play God, this story will grab readers with reasons, and therm, but loving support of their assistant- its gripping action and its important ideas. BooklistA combined Author, Title, and Subject Index provides an easy-to-use principal mom.Despite his immaturity, Josh is a likable, funny, and authentic character. Underscoring the sports and alphabetical list of all the books entered in the Core Collection. Each book is The re-eaters.Delacorte Press2004218p the fraternal tension is a portrait of a family that truly loves$15.95and supports one another. Alexander has crafted a story thatentered under author, title and subject. Plus, hundreds of See and See also vibrates with energy and heart and begs to be read aloud. AGrades: 7 8 9 10Ficreferences highlight additional or alternative subject headings.slam dunk. (School Library Journal) 1.Great Britain Fiction ISBN 0-385-73170-1 LC 2003-55709Hesaid, she said;by Kwame Alexander.Harper,First published 2003 in the United KingdomExcerpted from H.W. Wilsons popular Senior High Core Collection and Middle an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers2013336 p.In 1962 England, despite observing his fathers illness (hardcover bdg.)$17.99 & Junior High Core Collection, the 2,500 titles in this edition provide extensive and the suffering of the re-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as Grades: 9 10 11 12Fic enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile coverage of YA Fiction and makes easy work of locating the best-of-the-best titles 1.High school students Fiction2.Man-womanCrisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends still nd rea-relationship Fiction3.Love Fiction4.Schools to potentially add to your collection and to find titles that can be weeded out.sons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.Fiction5.High schools Fiction6.African AmericansThe authors trademark themes . . . are here in full, and Fiction7.Protest movements Fiction resonate long after the last page is turned. SLJISBN 006211896X;9780062118967;9780062118974 Young Adult Fiction Core Collection is an essential resource for library andLC 2012043496 media specialists looking to enhance and enrich their collection with the most important and highly recommended titles currently available.56 YAC 2015 A-Z_rev.indd 5 H.W. Wilson 844.630.6369 www.hwwilsoninprint.com H.W. Wilson844.630.6369www.hwwilsoninprint.com9/29/2015 4:02:10 PM'