Adolescents at Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and Professionals
Joan F. Kaywell (Author)
* Hardcover: 288 pages
* annotated edition edition (November 1993)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0313290393
* ISBN-13: 9780313290398
From Booklist
This annotated bibliography focuses on books to use as bibliotherapy with at-risk teens. The author, an assistant professor of English education who specializes in using young adult literature in the classroom, has gathered fiction and nonfiction titles, most written at middle- or junior-high school reading level. A great majority of them are from the 1980s and 1990s, but a few, such as Catcher in the Rye, are classics.
The book treats 14 different topics, including eating disorders, abuse, and AIDS. Each chapter has an introduction, statistical information, resources for help (including 800 numbers), fiction annotations, nonfiction annotations, and professional reading. Annotations vary in length from a single to several sentences and note awards won. Most annotations will enable the reader to make decisions concerning the usefulness of the title without being familiar with the book. Author and title indexes provide access.
Middle- and high-school teachers and librarians using bibliotherapy with their students will find this title valuable. Stephanie Zvirin's Best Years of Their Lives: A Resource Guide for Teenagers in Crisis (ALA Books, 1992) annotates fiction and nonfiction on a similar range of topics and has a separate list of videos. While public librarians may prefer Bookfinder: A Guide to Children's Literature about the Needs & Problems of Youth Aged 2 to 15 by Sharon S. Dreyer (American Guidance Service, 1989), school librarians will find the narrow scope of Adolescents at Risk more serviceable. The currency of titles is a big plus for use in collection development.
Review
.,."This annotated bibliography focuses on books to use as bibliotherapy with at-risk teens. ...has gathered fiction and nonfiction titles, most written at middle- or junior-high school reading level. A great majority of them are from the 1980s and 1990s, but a few such as Catcher in the Rye, are classics. Middle- and high-school teachers and librarians using bibliotherapy with their students will find this title valuable. The currency of titles is a big pluse for use in collection development."-Reference Books Bulletin
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