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Table of Contents

A Note from the Editor
Pamela Sissi Carroll

A Teacher of High School Language Arts Speaks with Chris Crutcher
An Interview by Debbie Erenberger

Lessons and Lives: Why Young Adult Literature Matters
Gary M. Salvner

Placing Fictional Facts on Imaginary Audiences: Using Adolescent Literature to Teach Lesson-Planning in Secondary Methods Courses
Maryanne R. Bednar and Francis J. Ryan

For(e)knowledge of Youth: Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter
Charles H. Frey

Picture Books for Young Adult Readers
Sunya Osborn

The Interdisciplinary Connection
Words on World: Defining English as an Interdisciplinary Subject
James Brewbaker, Editor

Clip and File YA Book Reviews
Jeff Kaplan, Editor

Spiritual Quest in Young Adult Literature
Gail Radley

A Psychological Perspective of Teen Romances in Young Adult Literature
Cheryl L. Dickson

"I Hate Reading If I Don't Have To": Results from a Longitudinal Study of High School Students' Reading Interest
Lisa A. Hale and Chris Crowe

No Need to "Duck, Run and Hide": Young Adult Poetry that Taps into You
Laura R. Lipsett

The Professional Connection
Critical Essays about Two Books in the Greenwood Press "Critical Companion" Series
Susan Elkins and John Nicklas
Kathleen Carico, Editor

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