Defending frequently challenged young adult books : a handbook for librarians and educators / / Pat R. Scales

• Autore: Scales Pat
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.09810973
• Soggetto topico: Challenged books - United States; Prohibited books - United States; Young adult literature - Censorship - United States; Young adult literature; Young adults' libraries - Censorship - United States; School libraries - Censorship - United States; Teenagers - Books and reading - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie -- The Alice series / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Am I blue : coming out of silence / ed. by Marion Dane Bauer -- America / by E.R. Frank -- A bad boy can be good for a girl / by Tanya Lee Stone -- Blood and chocolate / by Annette Curtis Klause -- A child called it : one child's courage to survive / by David J. Pelser -- The chocolate war / by Robert Cormier -- The contender / by Robert Lipsyte -- Crank / by Ellen Hopkins -- Daughters of Eve / by Lois Duncan -- A day no pigs would die / by Robert Newton Peck -- Deliver us from Evie / by M. E. Kerr -- The drowning of Stephan Jones / by Bette Greene -- The earth, my butt and other big round things / by Carolyn Mackler -- Eleanor and Park / by Rainbow Rowell -- Fallen angels / by Walter Dean Myers -- The fault in our stars / by John Green -- Feed / by M.T. Anderson -- Forever / by Judy Blume -- Geography club / by Brent Hartinger -- Give a boy a gun / by Todd Strasser -- The giver / by Lois Lowry -- Go ask Alice / by Anonymous -- Going bovine / by Libba Bray -- The golden compass / by Philip Pullman -- How to steal a car / by Pete Hautman -- The hunger games / by Suzanne Collins -- I am J / by Cris Beam -- Impulse / by Ellen Hopkins -- Internet girls / by Lauren Myracle -- Killing Mr. Griffin / by Lois Duncan -- Looking for Alaska / by John Green -- Mexican white boy / by Matt de la Peña -- The miseducation of Cameron Post / by emily m. danforth -- Monster / by Walter Dean Myers -- One fat summer / by Robert Lipsyte -- The perks of being a wallflower / by Stephen Chbosky -- Persepolis : the story of a childhood / by Marjane Satrapi -- Push / by Sapphire -- Rainbow boys / by Alex Sanchez -- Speak / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- Staying fat for Sarah Burns / by Chris Crutcher -- Stuck in neutral / by Terry Trueman -- Thirteen reasons why / by Jay Asher -- This one summer / by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki -- Twisted / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- Two boys kissing / by David Levinthan -- Unwind / by Neal Shusterman -- Vegan virgin valentine / by Carolyn Mackler -- We all fall down / by Robert Cormier -- Whale talk / by Chris Crutcher -- What my mother doesn't know / by Sonya Sones -- Wintergirls / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- Appendix A. Adult books that have been challenged/banned in the high school curriculum -- Appendix B. Rankings of young adult books on top 100 banned/challenged books : 2000-2009 -- Appendix C. Rankings of young adult books on top 100 most frequently challenged books : 1990-1999 -- Appendix D. Resources for teaching young adults about the freedom to read -- Appendix E. Professional resources : book censorship & freedom to read -- Appendix F. Censorship teaching ideas -- Appendix G. Free speech organizations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response and ensure free access to young book lovers. With a profile of each book that includes its plot and characters, related materials and published reviews, awards and prizes, and Web and audiovisual resources, you will be prepared to answer even the toughest attacks.
• Titolo autorizzato: Defending frequently challenged young adult books
• ISBN: 1-4422-6433-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798774503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II