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EDUC 5380: Literacies for Young Adolescents

Access to library resources as well as information relevant to the topics discussed in EDUC 5380.

Print & Electronic Book Review Resources

The Alan Review (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/) reviews current YA literature

Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) provides editorial and customer reviews.

Barnes & Noble provides editorial reviews (includes reviews from VOYA and Kirkus)

Beacham’s Guide to Literature for Young Adults—14 volumes Ref Z 1037. A1 B 38 1989.

The Horn Book with the Horn Book Guide (Ref Z 1037. H67) offers more than 70,000 reviews for YA literature and film (requires subscription)

Journal of Youth Services in Libraries (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JYSL/): from 04/01/1998 to 07/01/2002 available in Education Abstracts

Kirkus Review

The Publishers’ Weekly is especially appropriate for recent book reviews

School Library Journal (www.slj.com) provides recent book reviews, arranged by age groups: from 09/01/1974 to present availabe in Academic Search Complete

www.teenreads.com: as part of the book report network, their mission is to connect youths to literature

Voice of Youth Advocates (www.voya.com) offers free review samples online and more with subscription

Young Adult Library Services (from Young Adult Library Services Associations—YALSA): available from 04/01/2004 to present