Classroom Favorites

Literature

Carl Friedman, Nightfather (translated from the Dutch).  A second-generation Holocaust novel for ages 10+, 0-89255-210-7, $7.95. Selected as a Blue Ribbon Book by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. A 1995 Book of Distinction, Hungry Mind Review.

Meg Kearney, The Secret of Me: A Novel in Poems. Includes a guide to poetic forms in the book; reprints of poems by Lucille Clifton, Donald Hall, Walt Whitman, and others; and an autobiographical afterword by the author about how writing poetry became important during her youth. Ages 12+, 9-89255-336-5, $12.00

Anne Mazer, The Oxboy, ages 10+, 0-89255-240-9, $6.95. An ALA Notable Book. A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Marie Raphael, Streets of Gold, ages 12+, 0-89255-256-5, $9.95

Anzia Yezierska, Bread Givers, ages 12+, 0-89255-014-7, $8.95. More than 300,000 copies sold.

Nonfiction & Folklore

Gary Soto, The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy: Recollections and Short Essays, ages 13+, 0-89255-254-9, $12.95

Gary Soto, Jessie De La Cruz: A Profile of a United Farm Worker, ages 10+, 0-89255-285-9, $9.95

Michael RunningWolf and Patricia Clark Smith, On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians, ages 9+, 0-89255-288-3, $9.95

Multicultural & Literary Anthologies

12 Short Stories and Their Making: An Anthology with Interviews, edited by Paul Mandelbaum, ages 16+, 0-89255-277-8, $16.95

America Street: A Multicultural Anthology, edited by Anne Mazer, ages 10+, 0-89255-191-7, $6.95

Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth, edited by M. Jerry Weiss and Helen S. Weiss, ages 12+, 0-89255-278-6, $8.95

The Eloquent Essay: A Concise Anthology of Classic and Creative Nonfiction, edited by John Loughery, ages 14+, 0-89255-241-7, $12.95

First Sighting: Contemporary Stories About American Youth, edited by John Loughery, ages 13 +, 0-89255-187-9, $11.95.  A New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" selection.

Fishing for Chickens: Short Stories About Rural Youth, edited by Jim Heynen, ages 12+, 0-89255-265-4, $8.95

Going Where I'm Coming From: Memoirs of American Youth, edited by Anne Mazer, ages 12+, 0-89255-206-9, $7.95

The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Case System, by Youth Communication, ages 12+, 0-89255-218-2, $13.95. A New York Public Library  "Books for the Teen Age" selection.

Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land, edited by Wesley Brown and Amy Ling, ages 14+, 0-89255-277-8, $16.95

Into the Widening World: International Coming of Age Stories, edited by John Loughery, ages 12+, 0-89255-204-2, $12.95

Outside Rules: Short Stories About Nonconformist Youth, edited by Claire Robson, ages 12+, 0-89255-316-7, $9.95

Starting With "I": Personal Essays by Teenagers, by Youth Communications, recommended for ages 12+, 0-89255-228-X, $13.95

A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth, edited by Anne Mazer, recommended for ages 12+, 0-89255-249-2, $8.95

Working Days: Short Stories About Teenagers at Work, edited by Anne Mazer, recommended for ages 10+, 0-89255-224-7, $9.95