Yaxley's Cat

Yaxley's Cat
Author: Robert Westall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780333550755

After Yaxley disappears, the inhabitants of an English village fear that his ugly old cat will uncover the truth about a secret they are hiding.

Frightening Fiction

Frightening Fiction
Author: Kimberly Reynolds
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2004-12-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780826477583

Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied. The development of the horror genre in children's literature has been a startling phenomenon - one that has provoked strong, but mixed, reactions. Frightening Fiction provides a lucid and lively guide to that genre, ranging from analyses of such popular series as Point Horror, Goosebumps, the X Files and the Buffy stories, to the work of individual authors such as Robert Westall, David Almond, Philip Gross and Lesley Howarth.

Your Reading

Your Reading
Author: C. Anne Webb
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780814159422

Designed for use by students in grades 5 through 9, this annotated bibliography of nearly 600 titles of fiction and nonfiction also serves as a resource for teachers, librarians, and parents in search of titles that might catch the attention of junior high and middle school students. The book presents annotations of books published in 1991 or 1992, along with a few titles published too late for the eighth edition and a few early 1993 releases. Titles are grouped by subject matter under four main headings: Imagining, Learning, Exploring, and Understanding. The book includes a special index which lists 150 "classics" of young adult literature from 1940 to 1990. It also includes subject, title, and author indexes and a directory of publishers. (RS).

Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas

Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas
Author: Robert Westall
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 194391043X

Three supernatural novellas by Robert Westall, hailed as the finest British author of ghost stories since M.R. James, collected together for the first time BLACKHAM’S WIMPEY Why should three successive crews flying a Second World War bomber – Blackham’s Wimpey – be driven to madness, despair, even death, though the plane returns from each mission without a scratch? ‘A writer of disturbing brilliance’ – Times Educational Supplement THE WHEATSTONE POND Too many deaths, too many suicides. It was more than coincidence. The Wheatstone Pond was a killer. When it’s drained, antique dealer Jeff Morgan gets interested, hoping there’ll be a few valuable wrecks of model boats down there. He isn’t prepared for the horror he will

Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction

Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction
Author: P. Bramwell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0230236898

Applying a range of critical approaches to works by authors including Susan Cooper, Catherine Fisher, Geraldine McCaughrean, Anthony Horowitz and Philip Pullman, this book looks at the formative and interrogative relationship between recent children's literature and fashionable but controversial aspects of modern Paganism.

The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors

The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1997-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 031307819X

The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.

Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens

Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens
Author: Penny Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010-04-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1598843885

This complete guide to youth readers' advisory covers genres, reading interests, and issues, as well as provides lists of sample titles and recommended reading. Finding children and 'tweens great books to read is still a key library service, even in the age of computers. Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens is an easy-to-use, practical guide that will help any library staff member become more comfortable offering this service—and more adept at producing satisfying results. Beginning with basic advice on the readers' advisory interview, the book details how to find books for different age groups, including young children and their parents, emergent readers, transitional readers, and adept readers. It explores genre fiction for 'tweens, nonfiction, poetry and folklore, and graphic novels, and it offers techniques on promoting books and reading. Potentially sensitive issues such as book challenges, assisting English language learners, serving children from various cultures, working with teachers, and helping reluctant readers are addressed, as well. The advice is augmented with handy booklists and descriptions of dozens of websites that aid in youth readers' advisory.