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CHICAGO — Already a go-to text for students of literary studies, teachers, and YA staff, Michael Cart’s newly revised edition of “,” published by , is now even more relevant and comprehensive. Thoroughly updated to survey the landscape of YA lit both past and present, this book:

• sketches in the origins of literature targeted at young adults;
• shows how the best of the genre has evolved to deal with subjects every bit as complex as its audience;
• closely examines teen demographics, literacy, audiobooks, the future of print, and other key topics;
• includes updated treatment of best-selling authors like John Green, Suzanne Collins, and Veronica Roth, plus interviews with leaders in the field;
• presents new and expanded coverage of perennially popular genre fiction, including horror, sci fi, and dystopian fiction;
• offers an updated overview of LGBTQ literature for young adults, including Intersex;
• covers such commercial trends as adult purchasers of YA books and the New Adult phenomenon; and
• features abundant bibliographic material to aid in readers’ advisory and collection development.

for instructors who are interested in adopting this title for course use.

Cart is a nationally known expert in young adult literature, which he taught at UCLA before his relocation to the Midwest. A columnist and reviewer for 91��ý’s Booklist magazine, he is also the author or editor of 23 books, including “,” and countless articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Parents Magazine, American Libraries, School Library Journal, and elsewhere. The former president of both YALSA and 91��ýN, he is the recipient of the 2000 Grolier Award and the first recipient—in 2008—of the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Award. He appointed and chaired the Task Force that created the Michael L. Printz Award and subsequently chaired the 2006 Printz Committee.

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