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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2007
Silvey has put together contemporary and classic adult and YA titles that meet her criteria for exemplary writing and wide appeal. Familiar groupings such as "Fantasy," "Historical Fiction," and "Mystery" accompany newer subject areas such as "Many Cultures, Many Realities," "Edgy, Trendsetting Novels," and "Politics and Social Conscience." Nonfiction titles, such as "Into Thin Air" and "Young Men and Fire", are included in the "Adventure and Survival" category, and a unique chapter called "Information" contains...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Former Horn Book editor Silvey selects and annotates five hundred titles for young adults, arranging them loosely in twenty-one chapters by genre and/or area of interest, from "Adventure and Survival" to "War and Conflict." Each book is coded for either younger (12–14) or older (14–18) teens and gets a couple of hundred words or so, including a s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
