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Core Collections
Core Collections
Senior High Core Collection (25th Edition, 2026) is a helpful guide to nearly 
4,000 essential and recommended fiction and nonfiction titles for adolescents 
and young adults. 
ENHANCED FEATURES
Featured metadata in this edition includes precise genres, subgenres, and 
subject headings that consistently include both location and time period where 
appropriate. Books are easy to find through the index, and the metadata 
associated with each record offers consistent insight into the contents of the 
book. Particular attention has been paid to expanding our resources for teachers 
and other educators, including books capturing best practices for teaching or 
managing a classroom.
COMPREHENSIVE TOPICAL COVERAGE
Senior High Core Collection provides easy access to recommended titles  
in all subject areas of interest to adolescents and young adults. In addition, 
librarians will find a wide array of recommended titles covering cultural diversity, 
careers, the arts, new technologies, and social issues. 
EASY-TO-USE ARRANGEMENT
• Nonfiction books provide immediate access to thousands of nonfiction
titles, arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.
• Biographies. Arranged by subject, this section suggests hundreds
of biographies on persons of interest to high school students.
• Fiction, arranged by author, recommends the best fiction for young adult
and adolescent readers. Coverage includes graphic novels too.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC & CATALOGING DATA, DESCRIPTIONS & REVIEWS
Individual entries provide a wealth of much-needed information at a glance.  
• Complete Bibliographic & Cataloging Data
• ISBN and Publisher Data make purchasing titles quick and easy.
• Suggested Subject Headings, Grade Level, and Dewey Classification
• Content Description and Excerpts from Select Reviews are incredibly
useful when evaluating books for selection and for readers’ advisory.
• Essential titles, our highest recommendation level in a subject area,
are easily identified with a starred listing throughout the text. Stars
are included in the index to make finding Essential titles by author or
subject easier than ever.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS
This edition continues to include recommended works for the librarian, including 
resources for the evaluation of materials, library management and programming, 
and the use of the internet in instruction. 
IN-DEPTH INDEXING
A highly detailed Author, Title, Series, and Subject Index provides easy 
navigation through the hundreds of subject areas, thousands of authors and 
titles, and numerous series in this informative resource. Whether searching by 
author, title, series, or one of the hundreds of subject areas found in the index, 
librarians can easily locate titles that will strengthen their collection.
Senior High Core Collection is a must-have tool for librarians and media 
specialists. Whether for title selection, collection maintenance, or readers’ 
advisory support, this new edition takes the guesswork out of collection 
development, so librarians can be assured that they are selecting the best 
materials for their collection, and making the most out of their book budget.
Senior High
Core Collection      Twenty-Fifth Edition
“An essential 
professional tool.”  
–American Reference Books Annual
25th Edition
NOVEMBER 2026
One Volume; 990 pages
ISBN: 979-8-89179-695-9
List Price: $295
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Boulley, Angeline 
« Warrior Girl Unearthed. Angeline Boulley. Henry Holt and Company2023. 496 p.
ISBN 9781250766588 
Grades: 9 10 11 12 Fic 
1. Twin sisters 2. Missing persons 3. Ojibwe (North American people)
4. Multiracial teenagers 5.Murder investigation 6. Internship programs 7.Museums
8. Secrets 9. Universities and colleges 10. Grave robbing 11. Aunts 12. 
Teenage girls 13. Summer 14. Families 15. American people 16. North American 
people 17. Indigenous peoples of North America 18. Michigan 19. Thrillers 
and suspense 
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, 2023; Rise: A 
Feminist Book Project List, 2024; International Literacy Association Children’s 
Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2024; Thumbs Up! Award (Michigan), 
2024; Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania), High School level, 
2025; American Indian Youth Literature Awards Honor Book, Young Adult 
Book, 2024. 
With the rising number of missing Indigenous women, her family’s involvement 
in a murder investigation and grave robbers profiting off her Anishinaabe 
tribe, Perry takes matters into her own hands to solve the mystery and reclaim her
people’s inheritance. 
“A story with well-developed characterization that is both compellingly 
readable and deeply thought-provoking. A page-turning heist grounded in a 
nuanced exploration of critical issues of cultural integrity.” —Kirkus
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-394). 

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