This book is a young-adult novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Luke Walton grew up in a prosperous family in Chicago. When his father died, a man he trusted absconded with the money meant for Luke's family, leaving them destitute. Luke sells newspapers on the street to support his mother and younger brother. This book is about Luke's character as a trustful and brave person and how he was able to recover his…

This book is a young-adult novel. It is written by William T. Adams, which is the real name of Oliver Optic, a popular children's author at the time. Eugene Hungerford is the heir of a big fortune from his late uncle. However the inheritance come with a few caveats. The themes of violence, murder, and deception are throughout the book which made…

This book is a young-adult adventure novel.

This textbook is a young-adult adventure novel. It is the fifth in the series.

This textbook is a young-adult novel. It tells the story of a 15 year-old boy named Grant Thornton, the son of a minister, living with his family in poverty. Grant gives up his chance at college to work for his uncle as a businessman in an effort to earn money for the family.

This textbook is a young-adult novel about an orphan, Julius who goes out West to work to acquire a good education and to qualify himself for a respectable position in society.

This is a young-adult adventure novel. The story is about Jacob "Jake" Ehrlich and his friends adventures throughout the Waccamaw and Johns Islands. They spend most of their days hunting, fishing, and encountering the residents of the surrounding area.

This book is a young-adult novel. The story is about Emily, who is sick and Becky, who helps her while Emily and her mother are boarding with Becky's family. Soon they become friends and discover they share a love of poetry.

Provides an overview of boarding school stories in children's literature and explains their appeal in terms of the enclosed setting and personal development, learning to fit in, absence of outside influences, the perceived atmosphere, and the established framework of the setting. A list of recommended classic and modern stories is included. (16…

Uses the work of novelist Peter Dickinson as the primary example in exploring the growth of novels in the last 25 years that ask questions about homo sapiens, questions which most adult readers are too afraid to face. (RS)

This book is an adventure novel for ages 8 to 14.

Presents biographies of four leaders in public library service to young adults: Mabel Williams, Margaret Scoggin, Jean Roos, and Margaret Edwards. They are described as pioneers who worked to obtain recognition for and establish young adult work and who can serve as inspirations for librarians today. (EM)

This look at changes in young adult literature and librarianship over the past 10 years discusses young adult librarianship in 1978; the development in 1978 of the "Young Adult Perplex" column reviewing adolescent literature; sex education; feminism; intellectual freedom; different perspectives of the column; and the current status of the field.…

Discusses artistic or esthetic, social and cultural, functional, and commercial values looked for by children's book editors in selecting and publishing manuscripts. Also reviews changes in social and cultural values as shown by children's books published in 1947, 1957, and 1967. (GT)