Suzanne Fisher Staples
Suzanne Fisher Staples

Author: Megan Lynn Isaac

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-11-25

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0810872854

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This volume examines the six novels and memoir of Suzanne Fisher Staples, including her most famous work: the Pakistani trilogy (Shabanu, Haveli and The House of Djinn). The author considers the predominant themes, characters, and settings of each work, providing background information about the countries, cultures, religions, and art forms that are central to Staples's writing.

Authors & Artists for Young Adults
Authors & Artists for Young Adults

Author: Thomas McMahon

Publisher: Authors & Artists for Young Ad

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780787646738

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With Authors & Artists for Young Adults teens have a source where they can discover fascinating and entertaining facts about the writers, artists, film directors, graphic novelists, and other creative personalities that most interest them. International in scope, each volume contains 20-25 entries offering personal behind-the-scenes information, portraits, movie stills, bibliographies, a cumulative index and more.For table of contents or other volume specific information see the entry for the volume.While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available due to rights restrictions.Call your Sales Rep for details.

Lesbian and Gay Voices
Lesbian and Gay Voices

Author: Frances A. Day

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2000-06-30

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0313095442

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With a foreword by Nancy Garden, the highly acclaimed author of Young Adult Fiction, this thoughtfully written annotated bibliography reviews picture books, young adult fiction, short stories nonfiction works and biographies for young readers. Entries specify the age level appropriateness of each work as well as literary awards received for the work. Each annotation is followed by a list of topics in the work which the user will find cross-referenced in the topic index. With additional recommendations on books for librarians, educators and parents, and a set of suggested guidelines for evaluating books, this user-friendly guide is valuable as both a reader resource and as collection development tool. The guide also provides author profiles of selected writers who have made outstanding contributions to this field of literature. This information is complemented by inspiring author quotes, photographs, and lists of their books categorized by age level appropriateness. The up-to-date information on helpful resources for teens and their families found here along with a select bibliography and additional indices make this comprehensive guide a powerful and important reference tool for helping young gay and lesbian readers.