About This Volume...... ix L . M . Montgomery...... 64 List of Contributors...... xi Walter Dean Myers...... 66 Editor’s Introduction...... xiii Patrick Ness ...... 68 Scott O’Dell ...... 70 Ellen Oh ...... 71 Biographies Gary Paulsen...... 73 Richard Peck...... 74 Laurie Halse Anderson...... 3 Julie Anne Peters...... 76 M . T . Anderson...... 4 Sir Terry Pratchett...... 78 Francesca Lia Block...... 6 Philip Pullman...... 80 Judy Blume...... 8 Rick Riordan...... 81 Coe Booth...... 10 Veronica Roth...... 83 Libba Bray ...... 12 Rainbow Rowell...... 86 Meg Cabot...... 13 J . K . Rowling ...... 88 Orson Scott Card...... 15 Louis Sachar...... 90 Aidan Chambers...... 17 Benjamin Alire Saenz...... 91 Stephen Chbosky ...... 19 Andrew Smith...... 93 Cassandra Clare ...... 20 Maggie Stiefvater...... 95 Suzanne Collins ...... 22 Ned Vizzini...... 97 Robert Cormier...... 23 Cynthia Voigt ...... 98 Cath Crowley ...... 25 John Corey Whaley...... 101 Chris Crutcher...... 26 Jacqueline Woodson...... 102 Sharon M . Draper...... 28 Gene Luen Yang...... 104 Lois Duncan...... 30 Markus Zusak...... 106 Gayle Forman...... 31 John Green ...... 33 Sonya Hartnett ...... 35 Plot Summaries S . E . Hinton...... 36 Alaya Dawn Johnson ...... 38 The Absolutely True Diary of a Angela Johnson...... 39 Part-time Indian...... 111 M . E . Kerr...... 41 All the Truth That’s in Me ...... 112 Madeleine L’Engle...... 43 American Born Chinese...... 113 Justine Larbalestier...... 45 Annie on My Mind...... 115 Ursula K . Le Guin...... 46 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets David Levithan...... 48 of the Universe...... 117 C .S . Lewis...... 50 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Malinda Lo...... 51 Traitor to the Nation...... 119 E . Lockhart...... 53 Baby Be-Bop...... 121 Lois Lowry...... 55 Ball Don’t Lie...... 122 Tehereh Mafi...... 56 Beautiful Creatures...... 124 Melina Marchetta...... 58 Better Nate than Ever...... 125 John Marsden...... 60 Between Shades of Grey...... 127 Anne McCaffrey...... 61 Brown Girl Dreaming...... 128 Stephanie Meyer...... 63 Bruiser...... 130

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Chaos Walking (Series)...... 131 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children . . . . 214 Charm & Strange ...... 134 A Moment Comes...... 216 Chinese Handcuffs ...... 135 Monster...... 217 Code Name Verity...... 137 The Mortal Instruments (Series)...... 219 A Curse Dark as Gold...... 138 Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist...... 221 Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!...... 140 Noggin ...... 223 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. 141 The Perks of Being a Wallflower ...... 224 Divergent (Series)...... 143 Postcards from No Man’s Land ...... 226 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. . 145 Princess Diaries (Series)...... 228 Eleanor & Park...... 146 Punkzilla...... 230 Elsewhere...... 148 Rose Under Fire ...... 232 Ender’s Game...... 149 The Scorpio Races ...... 233 Every Day...... 151 Ship Breaker...... 234 Everybody Sees the Ants ...... 152 The Sin-Eater’s Confession ...... 236 Far, Far Away ...... 154 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Series). . . 238 The Fault in Our Stars...... 155 Skinny...... 240 Feed...... 157 Speak...... 242 The First Part Last...... 158 Story of a Girl...... 243 The Forest of Hands and Teeth...... 160 Surrender...... 245 47 ...... 162 13 Little Blue Envelopes...... 246 Gabi, a Girl in Pieces ...... 163 Thirteen Reasons Why...... 248 Gemma Doyle Trilogy (Series)...... 165 Tyrell...... 250 Gifts ...... 168 Uglies (Series)...... 251 The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Series)...... 169 The Vampire Diaries (Series)...... 254 Going Bovine...... 172 Weetzie Bat...... 256 Graceling (Series)...... 173 Where Things Come Back ...... 258 Grasshopper Jungle...... 176 A Year Down Yonder ...... 259 Hard Love...... 177 Holes...... 179 The House of the Scorpion...... 180 Film Adaptations of Young Adult How I Live Now...... 182 Literature I Know What You Did Last Summer ...... 184 I’ll Give You the Sun ...... 185 Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker...... 265 If I Stay...... 187 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging...... 267 The Impossible Knife of Memory...... 189 Aquamarine ...... 270 In Darkness...... 190 Avalon High ...... 272 Inexcusable...... 192 Beastly...... 275 The Inheritance Cycle (Series)...... 193 Beautiful Creatures...... 277 Invisible...... 196 Blood and Chocolate...... 280 Jellicoe Road...... 197 The Book Thief...... 282 Killing Mr. Griffin...... 199 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas...... 285 Legend (Series)...... 200 The Chocolate War...... 288 Liar...... 203 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. . . . . 290 Life as We Knew It (Series)...... 205 City of Ember...... 293 Looking for Alaska...... 207 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen ...... 296 Love and Other Perishable Items...... 209 Divergent...... 298 Luna ...... 210 Drive Me Crazy...... 301 Midwinterblood...... 212 The DUFF...... 304

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Ender’s Game...... 306 Warm Bodies...... 437 Eragon...... 309 A Wrinkle in Time...... 440 Fat Kid Rules the World...... 311 The Yearling...... 442 The Fault in Our Stars...... 314 Youth in Revolt...... 445 The Geography Club...... 316 The Golden Compass...... 319 Harry Potter (Series)...... 322 Themes in Young Adult Literature Holes...... 326 Hoot ...... 328 Alienation...... 451 How I Live Now...... 331 Body Image...... 454 How to Deal ...... 333 Bullying ...... 458 Howl’s Moving Castle ...... 336 Choices and Transitions ...... 462 Hugo...... 338 Death, Illness, and Loss ...... 465 The Hunger Games (Series)...... 341 Depression, Mental Illness, and Suicide...... 469 I Am Number Four...... 345 Diversity...... 472 I Know What You Did Last Summer ...... 347 Divorce...... 476 If I Stay...... 350 Faith and Religion...... 479 Inkheart...... 352 Fate versus Free Will ...... 483 Island of the Blue Dolphins ...... 355 Friendship...... 486 It’s Kind of a Funny Story ...... 358 Gender and Sexuality...... 490 Life, Above All ...... 360 Heroism...... 494 Looking for Alibrandi ...... 363 Identity and Self-Discovery ...... 497 The Lovely Bones...... 366 Jobs and Working...... 500 The Maze Runner...... 368 Love ...... 503 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...... 371 Nature and Survival ...... 507 Mermaids ...... 373 Parent and Family Problems...... 510 Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones ...... 375 Puberty ...... 514 Mrs. Doubtfire...... 378 Race and Ethnicity ...... 518 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist...... 380 School Life...... 521 Now Is Good...... 383 Social Problems ...... 524 The Outsiders...... 386 Sports ...... 528 Paper Towns...... 388 Substance Abuse...... 531 Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Series)...... 391 Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood...... 535 The Perks of Being a Wallflower ...... 395 The Princess Bride ...... 397 The Princess Diaries (Series)...... 400 Genres of Young Adult Literature Rumble Fish...... 404 Seventh Son ...... 406 Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic...... 541 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Series). . . 409 Christian and Spiritual ...... 543 Something Wicked This Way Comes...... 413 Coming-of-Age and Bildungsroman...... 547 Speak...... 415 Contemporary Realism...... 550 The Spectacular Now...... 418 Dystopian and Science Fiction...... 553 Stardust...... 420 Epistolary ...... 556 The Seeker ...... 423 Fantasy ...... 559 Tiger Eyes...... 426 Graphic Novels...... 562 Tomorrow, When the War Began...... 428 Historical Fiction ...... 565 Twilight (Series)...... 431 Horror...... 568 Vampire Academy...... 435 Humor...... 571

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LGBTQ...... 575 Romance...... 606 Middle Grade Literature...... 578 Steampunk...... 609 Mystery and Thriller...... 582 Urban...... 612 Mythology...... 585 Nonfiction...... 589 Timeline ...... 615 Novels in Verse...... 592 Resources ...... 623 Paranormal ...... 596 Bibliography...... 627 Poetry ...... 599 Index...... 655 Problem Novels...... 603

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