Take a look at some of the fantastical elements found in the magical realms of YA Fiction with Young Adult Literature: Magical Worlds. Students will be whisked away to wondrous worlds and learn more about themes and conventions used in fantasy fiction.
Realistic fiction novels are a great place to find characters who are a lot like you. Explore some of the internal struggles that characters face in YA literature with this engaging text that analyzes themes and literary elements found in YA fiction.
This nonfiction book examines the literary themes and elements found in YA dystopian novels like The Selection, Maze Runner, The Giver, The Hunger Games, Matched, Delirium, Divergent, and The 5th Wave.
A companion volume to ''Children with Special Needs'', this volume covers the assessment of and procedure for young adults who have greater difficulties in learning than the majority of people their age. Further and higher education institutions have now been taken out of LEA jurisdiction, and this book provides a detailed guide to the most recent ......
The Transformation of Nationalism before the Civil War
The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the New York periodical, the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which-in dialogue with its critics-the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the ......
How working people's republican ''free labor'' ethos changed the national agenda at a crucial period in U.S. historyThe National Reform Association (NRA) was an antebellum land reform movement inspired by the shared dream of a future shaped by egalitarian homesteads. Mark A. Lause's Young America argues that it was these working people's interest ......
The experiences of DACA recipients The children of immigrants who arrive in the United States each year sometimes grow up without any knowledge of their undocumented status and the risks it poses. In this timely and important book, Julia Albarracin explores the lives of undocumented immigrant youth with a focus on the unique experiences of ......
The experiences of DACA recipients The children of immigrants who arrive in the United States each year sometimes grow up without any knowledge of their undocumented status and the risks it poses. In this timely and important book, Julia Albarracin explores the lives of undocumented immigrant youth with a focus on the unique experiences of ......
Features writings by death-row inmates, family members of victims and perpetrators, religious and political figures, journalists, criminologists, and legal experts, along with information on programs designed to help young people who have gone astray. It reveals the fear and regret of death-row inmates as well as the horror of their loved ones.