Best Books for High School Readers: Grades 9–12 - Tapa dura

"John T. Gillespie and Catherine Barr have provided a new resource to help make sense of the newly published titles....[t]his thematic work presents educators and librarians with a reading guide and selection tool for both fiction and nonfiction teen reading material."-Library Media Connection

Covering some 12,000 titles published mainly in the past decade, most of which have been recommended in at least two sources, this thematic work offers you a state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for teen reading material, both fiction and nonfiction. This highly affordable, authoritative guide enables you to thoroughly evaluate your young teen literature collection and to create thematic and genre-oriented reading lists for curriculum-related and recreational reading. The entries provide annotations with lively but succinct plot summaries and indications of ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review citations. Award-winning and series titles are noted as well. If you work with teens and teen literature, this guide is a must-purchase. Grades 9-12