Teaching Literature to Adolescents
Richard Beach
best young adultnovels ofall time ̄ list, compiled froma survey of 78adults, includingEnglish teachers, authors of youngadult literature, college professors, librarians, and publishers, conducted by Ted Hipple and Jennifer L. Claiborne ( 2005). Althoughsome authors suchas Paulsen, Lowry,Sachar, Hinton, Myers, and Angelou makeit onthe listsof both adolescents and adults, the contrast between adolescent and adult preferences is rather.