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Table of Contents Contents 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 v Young_adult_literature_FM.indd 5 3/28/16 4:08 PM vi │ Critical Survey of Young Adult Literature 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 Young_adult_literature_FM.indd 6 3/28/16 4:08 PM Contents │ vii 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 . ..
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