Stories Collection

  1. Walk Softly, Rachel by Kate Banks Frances Foster Books, 2003, 160 pp., $16.00 Realist...
  2. Dark Waters by Catherine MacPhail Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003, 176 pp., $15...
  3. Have you been reading about the different states that have found teachers cheating? Y...
  4. Shipwreck by Gordon Korman Scholastic, 2001, 129 pp, $4.99 Adventure ISBN: 0439164567...
  5. I was delighted to return to the ALAN workshop in the fall of '03. It was in my favor...
  6. Tomorrow, Maybe by Brian James PUSH, Scholastic Inc., 2003, 248 pp., $6.99 Coming of ...
  7. Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs HarperCollins Children's Books, 2004, 192 pp., $15.9...
  8. This column is a tribute to a person whose life and career have been foundational pro...
  9. The Ravenmaster's secret by Elvira Woodruff Scholastic Press, 2003, 240 pp., $15.95 B...
  10. Finding My Hat by John Son Orchard Books, 2003, 185 pp., $16.95 Coming of Age ISBN: 0...
  11. In his Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T. S. Eliot offered three "permanent"...
  12. At the End of Words by Miriam R. Stone Candlewick Press, 2003, 55 pp., $14.00 Mothers...
  13. Naming Maya by Uma Krishnaswami Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004, 192 pp., $16.00 Coming...
  14. The Divide by Elizabeth Kay The Chicken House, 2003, 318 pp., $15.95 Fantasy/Adventur...
  15. Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip by Linda Oatman High Bloomsbury Child...
  16. Confinement by Carrie Brown Algonquin Books, 2004, 368 pp., $24.95 Survival/World War...
  17. Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt Henry Holt and Company, 2003, 308 pp., $1...
  18. The Afterlife by Gary Soto Harcourt Children's Books, 2003, 168 pp., $16.00 Violence/...
  19. The Keeper of the Isis Light and sequels, The Guardian of Isis and The Isis Pedlar, a...
  20. Warriors of Camlann by N.M. Browne Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2003, 399 pp., $16.95...
  21. Mind Games by Jeanne Marie Grunwell Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003, 133 pp., $15.00 E...
  22. Alia Waking by Laura Williams McCaffrey Clarion Books, 2003, 214 pp., $15.00 Self-dis...
  23. Adapted from Dr. Monseau's keynote address at the 2003 ALAN Workshop in San Francisco...
  24. The She by Carol Plum-Ucci Harcourt Books, 2003, 280 pp., $17.00 Mystery ISBN: 0-15-2...
  25. Midnight Blue by Pauline Fisk Bloomsbury. 2003, 250 pp., $16.95 Fantasy ISBN: 1582348...
  26. Louis Sullivan, mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, once noted that, in architecture, form ...
  27. The Night Spies by Kathy Kacer. Edited by Sarah Silberstein Swartz Second Story Press...
  28. The Green Dog: A Mostly True Story by Suzanne Fisher Staples Frances Foster Books, 20...
  29. Popular young adult author Gary Paulsen, on hand as a keynote speaker for the 2003 AL...
  30. Welcome to "The High School Connection"! It is very exciting to once again offer a co...
  31. Flight of the Fisherbird by Nora Martin Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003, 146 pp...
  32. Both Robin McKinley and Esther Friesner, contemporary retellers of the Robin Hood leg...
  33. Exupery's The Little Prince begins this way: "Once when I was six I saw a magnificent...
  34. The Cheat by Amy Goldman Koss Dial Books, 2003, 176 pp., $16.99 Teen Problems/Humor I...
  35. Blood War by Russell Moon Harper Tempest, 2003, 140 pp., $6.99 Modern Fantasy ISBN: 0...
  36. Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan Bloomsbury, 2003. 370 pp., $17.95 Fantasy/Mystery ISBN:...
  37. How I Fell in Love and Learned to Shoot Free Throws by Jon Ripslinger, Roaring Brook ...
  38. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares Delacorte Press, 2003, 373 pp., ...
  39. Hang On In There, Shelley by Kate Saksena Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2003, 219 pp.,...
  40. In How to Read and Why (Touchstone, 2001), Harold Bloom writes, "It matters, if indiv...
  41. Flight of the Fisherbird by Nora Martin Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003, 150 pp...
  42. Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros Knopf, 2002, 439 pp., $24.00 Family/ Cultural Heritage IS...
  43. Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe Phyll...
  44. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger Harper Tempest, 2003, 226 pp., $15.99 Sexual Orient...
  45. Victory or Death!: Stones of the American Revolution by Doreen Rappaport, Greg Call a...
  46. Twists and Turns by Janet McDonald Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, 135 pp., $16.00 Fri...
  47. All of us lead busy lives, and our ability to read everything about a subject we love...
  48. Act I, Act II, Act Normal by Martha Western Roaring Brook Press, 2003, 160 pp., $15.9...
  49. High school students are difficult. As educators, we find ourselves searching through...
  50. Warrior Angel by Robert Lipsyte Harper Collins, 2003. 186 pp, $15.99 Sports/Mental He...
  51. Although I was a high school literature and writing teacher for 25 years, and began o...
  52. Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja Frances Foster Books, 2003, 128 pp., $16.00 Peer Pressure/Ma...
  53. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Scholastic Press, 2003, 870...
  54. The Monster in Me by Mette Me Harrison Holiday House, 2003, 156 pp., $16.95 Foster Ca...
  55. Before the sad events that occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001, the w...
  56. Since 1974 the ALAN Award has recognized outstanding contributions to adolescent lite...
  57. When I was asked to introduce Joan Lowery Nixon at a local conference, I began by not...
  58. Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras by Kathy Hopkins Pulse, Inc., 2003, 160pp., $4.99 C...
  59. Jennifer Government by Max Barry Doubleday, 2003, 321 pp., $19.95 Political Satire/Fu...
  60. Pool Boy by Michael Simmons Simon and Schuster, 2003, 164 pp., $23.90 Realistic Ficti...
  61. The Speed of Light by Ron Carlson Harper Tempest, 2003. 280 pp., $15.99 Sports/Coming...
  62. The Way A Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith Henry Holt and Company, 2003, 52 pp. $18.95...
  63. When William C. Morris, vice president and director of library promotion for HarperCo...
  64. The Beast by Walter Dean Myers. Scholastic Press, 2003, 170 pp., $16.95 Urban Life/Se...
  65. Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs Harper Collins Publishers, 2003, 197 pp., $16.89 ...
  66. Before the Creeks Ran Red by Carolyn Reeder HarperCollins Publishers, 2003, 370 pp., ...
  67. Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi Hyperion, 2002, 262 pp., $15.99 Historical Fiction/...
  68. Or Give Me Death by Ann Rinaldi Gulliver Books, 2003, 226 pp., $17.00 Historical Fict...
  69. A year ago, after a somewhat thrilling speedway-esque drive to the Atlanta airport in...
  70. Adolescence is an extremely difficult period in a person's life. It is a time of esta...
  71. In honor of Ted Hipple's many years of service as ALAN Executive Secretary, The Ted H...
  72. Born Blue by Han Nolan Harcourt Inc., 2003, 300 pp., $6.99 Dysfunctional Family ISBN:...
  73. My Mother's Daughter: Four Creek Goddesses Speak by Doris Orgel Roaring Brook Press, ...
  74. Keesha's House by Helen Frost Frances Foster Books, 2003, 128 pp., $16.00 Poetry/Teen...
  75. A Time to Love: Stones from the Old Testament by Walter Dean Myers Scholastic Press, ...
  76. The Hero's Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life Inspiration; Setting high goals by T.A. B...
  77. The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin Biography/Dictator/Nazis Cla...
  78. Coraline, by Neil Gaiman Fantasy/Adventure/Horror HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002, 176p...
  79. The 2002 ALAN Breakfast and ALAN Workshop, held in November in conjunction with the N...
  80. Rat by Jan Cheripko Boyds Mill Press, 2002, 205 pp., $15.95 Sexual Abuse/Basketball/F...
  81. The source through which we receive information can influence significantly the messa...
  82. As an interim middle school teacher in a large urban school district, I was assigned ...
  83. Kicked Out by Beth Goobie Growing Up/Self Esteem Orca Book Publishers, 2002, 92 pp., ...
  84. Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez Historical Fiction/Immigrant experience Orcha...
  85. Heir Apparent, by Vivan Vande Velde Fantasy Harcourt, 2002, 315 pp., $17.00 ISBN 0-15...
  86. Dating Hamlet by Lisa Fiedler Romance/Adventure Henry Holt and Company, 2002, 192 pp....
  87. The Cannibals: Starring Tiffany Spratt by Cynthia D. Grant Teen Problems/Humor Roarin...
  88. Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer History/Young Royals Gulliver Books/Harcourt, 2002...
  89. The Secrets of the Twisted Cross, Case No. 6, Mystery/Holocaust The Belltown Mystery ...
  90. Women In Politics by Karen Zeinert Women/Politics/Leadership Twenty-First Century Boo...
  91. The Parallel Universe of Liars, Sexual abuse/Family/Self-esteem by Kathleen Jeffrie J...
  92. Once Upon a Marigold, by Jean Ferris Fantasy/Coming-of-age Harcourt, Inc. 2002, 266 p...
  93. While some Robin Hood books are clearly intended for young readers, others blur the b...
  94. Harry Potter as Test Case Since J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series was first publish...
  95. A University Teacher Educator's Perspective Cindy Bowman More Than Pages in a Book ...
  96. The Doomspell: A Battle Between God and Evil by Cliff McNish Witches/Magic/Good and E...
  97. The Bagpiper's Ghost by Jane Yolen Magic/Ghost Story Harcourt, 2002, 125 pp., $16.00 ...
  98. The Secret Within, by Theresa Martin Golding Abuse/Friendship Boyds Mills Press, 2002...
  99. A Short Excursion During the summer my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the N...
  100. True Confessions, by Martha Brooks Relationships/Teen Pregnancy Groundwood Books, 200...
  101. Immigrant stories bear witness to hope but also to a history of impoverishment, perse...
  102. Miss Stretchberry wanted her students to love poetry (Creech 2001). She read to them ...
  103. The Way Science Works by Robin Kerrod and Sharon Ann Holgate Dorling Kindersley Publi...
  104. Body Marks: Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification Tattoos/Body Piercing By Kathleen ...
  105. Paint by Magic by Kathryn Reiss Mystery/Time Travel Harcourt Inc, 271 pp, $17.00 ISBN...
  106. Kotuku, by Deborah Savage Family/Identify/Self-Discovery Houghton Mifflin Company, 20...
  107. The 1980's: Earthsong (The Century Kids), The 80's and Popular Culture; by Dorothy an...
  108. Heading Out edited by Gloria Kamen Careers Biography Bloomsbury Children's Books, 200...
  109. The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor by Theodore Taylor Fantasy Harcourt Children's ...
  110. As I sit here in my writing room, someone is bouncing a ball in the street. A dog is ...
  111. While such a shifting, unreliable physical world seems fantastic, it is not hard to f...
  112. The ALAN Review congratulates Nancy Osa, recipient of the 19th Delacorte Press Prize!...
  113. What do you think of a father who banishes his small son to his room for months for s...
  114. Thom Ogres of Hagwood by Robin Jarvis Fantasy/Animal/Shape-Shifting/Evil Harcourt, 20...
  115. Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Fantasy: Short Story Peter Di...
  116. Two years ago I quit smoking. Had to-couldn't afford it, and goodness knows it wasn't...
  117. A Circle Of Time, by Marisa Montes Time Travel Mystery Harcourt, 2002, 261 pp., $17.0...
  118. Sonny's War by Valerie Hobbs Female Coming of Age/Historical - Vietnam Frances Foster...
  119. King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography Autobiography by Chris Crutch...
  120. Black-Eyed Susie, by Susan Shaw Boyds Mill Press, 2002, 167 pp., $15.95 Mental Illne...
  121. Once upon a time in faraway places, stories were told around campfires and hearths am...
  122. Big Bang: The Loud Debate Over Gun Control by Norman L. Lunger Twenty First Century B...
  123. Dolores by Brace Brooks Harper Collins, 2002, 135 pp., $15.95 Coming of age ISBN: 0-0...
  124. The Named by Marianne Curley Bloomsbury, 2002, 333 pp., $16.95 Fantasy ISBN: 1-58234-...
  125. With The Boy Who Saved Baseball (2003), John H. Ritter ends the long quiet inning tha...
  126. Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie Tolan HarperCollins, 2002, 216 pp., $15,99 Fa...
  127. PSC: Our readers will be eager to know: How you have managed to have a career as a te...
  128. Non-Print Media Column I am amazed by how much I enjoy listening to audio books. Whet...
  129. Handbook for Boys: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers HarperCollins Publishers, 2002, 179 p...
  130. Paul Zindel, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Ma...
  131. In the span of years that constitutes the period of adolescence, it is common for you...
  132. Boston Jane: Wilderness Days by Jennifer L. Holm HarperCollins, 2002, 242 pp., $16.99...
  133. Ruby Holler, by Sharon Creech HarperCollins, 2002, 310 pp., $16.99, Orphans/Adventure...
  134. First French Kiss and Other Traumas by Adam Bagdasarian Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002, 1...
  135. The Big Burn by Jeanette Ingold Harcourt, Inc., 2002, 295 pp., $17.00 Historical Fict...
  136. Simon Says by Elaine Marie Alphin Harcourt, 2002, 258 pp., $17.00 Art/Identity ISBN: ...
  137. We've lost a giant in the field of books for teens. An in credibly talented person. A...
  138. Sorcerers of the Nightwing by Geoffrey Huntington Regan Books/HarperCollins, 2002, 27...
  139. In 1955 Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African American visitor from Chicago, Illin...
  140. It was a Saturday noon in early March in 1995 in Lawrence, Kansas, when I said: "Let ...
  141. The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002, 380 pp....
  142. Hoop City by Scott Blumenthal and Brett Hodus Scobre Press Publication, 2002, 138 pp....
  143. Amy, by Mary Hooper Bloomsbury, 2002, 171 pp., $14.95 Internet Chat Rooms/Date Rape I...
  144. Dear Mr. John H. Ritter, Hi, my name is Riley W. and I am in the sixth grade. I want ...
  145. When Arizona State University Professor Emeritus Ken Donelson bought his very first b...
  146. Dog of Discovery by Laurence Pringle Boyd's Mill Press, 2002, 149 pp., $17.95 History...
  147. Behind the Mountains, Edwidge Danticat Orchard Books, 2002, 176 pp., $16.95 Violence/...
  148. Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine Delacorte Press, 2002, 151 pp., $15.95 Friendship/Teen ...
  149. How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, By Sara Nickerson, Harper Collins, 20...
  150. "Stop watering down the curriculum; make it more rigorous. " "Oh, you're in that clas...
  151. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, 292 pp., $ 15.95 Realistic Fiction/Advent...
  152. With a mind that orbtis at warp speed, David Lubar offers readers an amazing gift wit...
  153. With Their Eyes, edited by Annie Thoms HarperTempest, 2002, 228 pp., $17.89 September...
  154. The Research Connection The most basic educational skill is reading. The most basic o...
  155. Loser, by Jerry Spinelli HarperCollins, 2002, 224 pp., $15.99 Self-Acceptance/Family ...
  156. Red Midnight, by Ben Mikaelsen Harper Collins, 2002, 212pp., $15.95 Central America/C...
  157. The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker Bloomsbury, 2002, 200 pp., $15.95 Fairy Tales/Fantasy...
  158. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke Scholastic, 2002, 349 pp., $16.95 Modern Fantasy ISB...
  159. Horse Thief, by Robert Newton Peck HarperCollins Publishers, 2002, 231 pp., $16.95 Ro...
  160. Eudora Welty wrote, in One Writer's Beginnings: It is our inward journey that leads u...
  161. Whether or not we have read a book by Paul Zindel, all of us working with contemporar...
  162. Fire-us Trilogy: 5 Book 1: The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher Harpe...
  163. S.L. Rottman must be an acrobat. I don't know whether she can walk on a tight rope, o...
  164. Three years ago, ALAN journal's editor (fondly known as the Belle of Tallahassee) all...
  165. Stand Tall by Joan Bauer G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002, 192 pp., $16.99 Contemporary Ficti...
  166. Outside In, by Karen Romano Young Greenwillow Books, 2002, 201 pp., $16.95 Family/Fri...
  167. The Lottery by Beth Goobie Orca Book, 2002, 264 pp., $16.95 Drama/Suspense ISBN: 1-55...
  168. One of the most moving and memorable events at the 2002 NCTE Convention in Atlanta wa...
  169. Breaking Point by Alex Flinn HarperTempest, 2002, 241 pp., $15.95 Peer Pressure ISBN:...
  170. A Corner of the Universe, by Ann M. Martin Scholastic Press, 2002, 189 pp., $15.95 Fi...
  171. Home of the Braves by David Klass defining personal values, school bullying and viole...
  172. In recent years scholars have brought to light the difficulties adolescent girls face...
  173. Surfer Dog by Elizabeth Spurr Dutton Children's Books, 2002, 103 pp., $15.99 Boy-Dog ...
  174. Weaving elements of Jungian theory with feminist criticism, Sherron Killingsworth Rob...
  175. Warriors of Alavna by N. M. Browne Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2002, 320 pp., $16.95...
  176. Comfort by Carolee Dean Houghton Mifflin, 2002, 230 pp., $15.00 Coming-of-Age/Relatio...
  177. Reality is cruel. When I was nominated to run for president of ALAN, I was flattered ...
  178. Mario Lemieux: Own the Ice The Millbrook Press, 2002, 64pp, $24.95 Sports/Ice Hockey/...
  179. Articles related to young adult literature are currently many in number and wide in t...
  180. Bridging Beyond by Kathleen Benner Duble Philomel Books, 2002, 203 pp., $17.99 Auto A...
  181. Ghosts at the Window by Margaret McAllister Dutton Children's Books, 2002, 119 pp., $...
  182. A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson By Michelle V. Green Dial, 20...
  183. A Greater Goode by Amy Schor Ferris Houghton Mifflin, 2002, 183 pp., $15.00 Friendshi...
  184. In early August, a group of teachers, staff members, and a smattering of students gat...
  185. A Mother to Embarrass Me by Carol Lynch Williams Delacorte Press, 2002, 128 pp., $15....
  186. Who is Jesse Flood? by Malachy Doyle Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2002, 173 pp., $14....
  187. City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende Harper Collins, 2002, 406 pp., $19.99 Coming of ...
  188. Memories of World War II in the Asian-Pacific War take us to the shocking news of the...
  189. As a writer of young adult literature, I'm sometimes asked to define the term "young ...
  190. Big City Cool: Short Stories about Urban Youth Edited by M. Jerry and Helen S. Weiss ...
  191. Alex Sanchez is surprised by the wealth of attention his first book, Rainbow Boys, ha...
  192. Amy by Mary Hooper Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2002, 176 pp., $14.95 Relationships/T...
  193. Missing by Catherine MacPhail Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2002, 192 pp., $14.95 Myst...
  194. It is commonly agreed that life experiences shape a writer's literary products. Commo...
  195. The Shadow Place by Carol M. Tanzman Roaring BrookPress, 2002, 178 pp., $16.10 Suspen...
  196. I Smell Like Ham by Betty Hicks Roaring Brook Press, 2002, 133 pp., $15.95 Family Rel...
  197. One Night by Marsha Qualey Dial Books, 2002, 170 pp., $16.99 Drugs/Addictions/Politic...
  198. Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs HarperCollins, 2002, 184 pp., $15.95 Adventure ISBN:0-6...
  199. Involving today's adolescent in the joys of reading is a challenge in a hyper-mediate...