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Penguin (publisher), 91–92, 196
Pennac, Daniel, 199
Penny (comic strip), 13
Perfect Summer (Pascal), 39
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Chbosky), 92, 146, 161
Permanent Connections (Bridgers), 41
Persepolis (Satrapi), 128, 175
Persepolis 2 (Satrapi), 128
Person, Susan, 117
Peter (Walker), 158
Peter Pan (Barrie), 27
Peters, Julie Anne, 160
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 191
Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 103
photo essays, 179–181
Piaget, Jean, 7
Picoult, Jodi, 134, 175
picture books, 112–113, 166, 179–181
Pierce, Tamora, 102
The Pigman (Zindel), 28, 54
Pike, Christopher, 40, 49–50, 101
Pinkney, Jerry, 44
Pinkwater, Daniel M., 35
Pinskey, Robert, 85
The Place My Words Are Looking For (Janeczko), 84
Places I Never Meant to Be (Blume), 161
Placide, Jaira, 148
The Plain Janes (Castellucci), 175
Pleasant Company (publisher), 50
plot complexity, 79
Plum-Ucci, Carol, 107
Pocket Books (publisher), 92
Poe, Edgar Allan, 81
poetry for YA, 80–81, 84–87, 159
Pokémon (manga), 173
political correctness, 46–48
Pollack, Pamela, 38, 39
Polsinelli, Hank, 16
Ponton, Lynn, 130
Popular (tv show), 63
Popular Science Monthly, 6
Postcards from No Man’s Land (Chambers), 78, 79, 80, 106, 159
Povich, Maury, 50
Practically Seventeen (du Jardin), 14–15
Pratchett, Terry, 118
pregnancy, teenage (YA book theme), 30, 33, 66, 142–143
Prep (Sittenfeld), 114, 116, 119, 120
Pretty Little Liars series, 94
Pretty Monster (Link), 83
Pride Pack series, 158
Princess Ashley (Peck), 41
Pringle, Laurence, 182
Printz Award. See Michael L. Printz Award Privilege series, 94
privileged chick lit, 93
problem novels, 32–35, 87
Profile of Youth (Daly), 15–19, 21, 25
Project X (Shepard), 134
Proposition 31 (California), 51
Prose, Francine, 118, 135
prostitution, 149
Proust and the Squid (Wolf), 192–193
Psychology Today, 119
Public Agenda research group, 67
Publishers Weekly magazine
on audiobooks, 198
on chick lit, 95
on crossover books, 118
on graphic novels, 168–169
on historical fiction, 105
on in-service workshops, 57
on online reading, 196
on poetry, 86
on realism in fiction, 65
on romance comics, 172
on whitewashing covers, 126, 127
on YA category, 120
on YA trends, 51, 91, 201
on youth culture, 64
publishing industry
books about adolescents, 64
emergence of YA literature and, 8–9
graphic novels and, 168–169, 170–171, 177
ownership of, 61
on trends in publishing, 53–54, 201
See also specific publishers
Pulitzer Prize, 168
Pullman, Philip, 103–104, 113–114
Punkzilla (Rapp), 138, 139
Pura Belpre Award, 45, 127
Purucker, Mary, 69
Putnam (publisher), 40
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Quad (Watson), 134
Quevedo, Francisco de, 197
Quick Pick List (YALSA), 82
Quiet Storm (Okutoro), 85
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Rabb, Margo, 83, 116, 117, 119
Race (Aronson), 125
Radical Change (Dresang), 112
radio shows, 6, 13, 132
Rafferty, Terrence, 27
A Rage to Live (O’Hara), 161
Ragged Dick (Alger), 8
Rainbow Boys series, 160
Rainbow Party (Ruditis), 151, 164
Ramsdell, Kristin, 38
Random House (publisher)
chick lit and, 91
crossover novels and, 114, 116
graphic novels and, 171
photo essays and, 180
Ranma ½ (Takahashi), 173, 174
rape (YA book theme)
about, 145, 147–148
in Nineties, 54, 55, 65, 66
in problem novels, 35
Raphael, Sally Jesse, 50
Rapp, Adam, 65, 138–139, 149
Raven Summer (Almond), 103
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 22
Rayner, Richard, 168
Reading at Risk study, 187–189
reading development, stages of, 23–24
reading ladders, 23–24
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi), 128
Reading on the Rise report, 189
Reading Rants website, 105
The Real Revolution (Aronson), 182
The Real World (tv show), 63
realism
in Nineties, 54, 64–67
problem novels and, 32–35
risky behavior and, 131
realities of teen life bullying, 132–136
exemplary authors, 136–139
immigration, 123–125
literature of diversity, 125–129, 132
literature of risk, 132
risky behaviors and, 129–131
violence and, 131–132
reality shows, 50, 103
The Realm of Possibilities (Levithian), 87
Reaver, Chap, 108
Rebel without a Cause (movie), 18
recapitulation, defined, 4
reckless driving, 130
Red Planet (Heinlein), 19
Redbook magazine, 15
Reeves, Keanu, 124
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle (Dunning), 84
relationships, father-son, 54
Remembering the Good Times (Peck), 41
Rennison, Louise, 89
responsibility, accepting, 54
Review Crew, 93
Rice, Anne, 100
Rich, Motoko, 117
Richardson, Samuel, 101
Rinaldi, Ann, 48, 106, 107
Ringside (Bryant), 87
Riordan, Rick, 195
risky behaviors, 129–132
See also specific behaviors
Rivera, Geraldo, 50
Road to Perdition (Collins and Rayner), 168
Roaring Books (publisher), 171
Robert F. Sibert Medal, 183
Roberts, Willo Davis, 108
Robinson, M. R. “Robbie,” 5
Rochman, Hazel, 42, 47, 69, 82
rock and roll, 18
“Rock Around the Clock” (song), 18
Rocket Ship Galileo (Heinlein), 19
Rodriguez, Roberto, 45, 47
Roiphe, Katie, 85
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor), 44
Rollin, Lucy, 5, 52
romance genre
about, 14–15
comic books and, 172
crossover potential, 95
in Eighties, 38–39
on lost innocence, 27–28
in Nineties, 50
The Romance of Risk (Ponton), 130
Romance Writers of America, 100
Rooney, Mickey, 6
Rosen (publisher), 177
Rosen, Judith, 116, 169
Rosen, Julia, 67
Rosenberg, Liz, 85
Rosoff, Meg, 78, 115, 117, 146
Roswell (tv show), 63
Rover Boys series, 8
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Rowling, J. R., 96–97, 99–100, 114
Roxburgh, Stephen, 60
Royal Diaries series, 105
Ruby, Laura, 135
Rucka, Greg, 175
Ruditis, Paul, 150–151
Rudman, Masha Kabakow, 43
Rugg, Jim, 175
Rules of the Road (Bauer), 62
Run Softly, Go Fast (Wersba), 54
runaways (YA book theme), 33
Running Loose (Crutcher), 137
Rush Hour journal, 90
Ruth Fielding series, 8
Ryan, Carrie, 101
Ryan, P. E., 160
Ryan, Pam Munoz, 129
Ryan, Sara, 160
Rylant, Cynthia, 84
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (tv show), 63
Sacco, Joe, 168
Sacramento Bee, 123
Saenz, Benjamin Alire, 130
Safe Area Goradze (Sacco), 168
Sailor Moon (Takeuchi), 174
Salinger, J. D., 27–28, 82
Salisbury, Graham, 83
Sammy Keyes series, 108
Samurai series, 108
San Francisco Chronicle, 124
Sanchez, Alex, 146, 160
Sandell, Lisa Ann, 87
Sandman (Gaiman), 168
Santa, Carol, 190
Saricks, Joyce, 106
Satrapi, Marjane, 128, 175
Saturday Review, 9, 43–44
Saved by the Bell (tv show), 63
Sawicki, Norma Jean, 180, 182
Schiffrin, Andre, 61
Scholastic (publisher)
crossover books and, 113
graphic novels and, 171, 177
Harry Potter series and, 96
historical fiction and, 105
imprints, 39, 91, 171
Kids and Family Reading Report, 189
multiplatform experiences, 195, 196
speculative fiction and, 107
Scholastic magazine, 5–6
School Library Journal, 53, 58, 90, 111
science fiction genre, 19, 95, 101, 201
Scieszka, Jon, 112
Scoggin, Margaret, 7
Scott, Elizabeth, 152
Scott, Walter, 104
Sea Glass (Yep), 44
A Season of Gifts (Peck), 107
Sebold, J. Otto, 112
Second White House Conference on Libraries and Information, 42
Secret Heart (Almond), 103
Secrets of the Shopping Mall (Peck), 40
The Seduction of the Innocent (Wertham), 167
Seldes, Gilbert, 165
self-mutilation (YA book theme), 130, 134
Selsam, Millicent E., 180
Sendak, Maurice, 139, 166
September 11, 2001 attacks, 102, 131, 135
serial slaying (YA book theme), 65
series books, emergence of, 8
The Serpent’s Children (Yep), 44
Serpent’s Tail (publisher), 64
Seth, Vikram, 85
The Seven Lively Arts (Seldes), 165
Seventeen (Tarkington), 6
Seventeen magazine, 12, 37, 63
Seventeenth Summer (Daly), 11–12
17th Street Productions, 93
Seventies (time period), 30–32, 45–46, 167
Sex and the City (tv show), 94
sexual content in YA books
abortion, 30, 33, 143–144
about, 17, 79, 130, 139–153
censorship and, 160–164
GLBT themes, 30, 76, 95, 155–164
incest, 145
oral sex, 150–151
pedophilia, 65, 147, 152
privileged chick lit and, 94
prostitution, 149
rape, 35, 54, 55, 65, 66, 145, 147–148
teenage pregnancy, 30, 33, 66, 142–143
in vampire romance, 100
sexual harassment, 55, 133
Shaffer, Kenneth R., 7
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (Koertge), 87
Shan, Darren, 101
Shanahan, Timothy, 188
Shanower, Eric, 170
Shelley, Mary, 101
Shepard, Jim, 134
Sherburner, Zoa, 143
Sherman, Steve, 116
Shoemaker, Joel, 69
shojo (manga subcategory), 173, 174
shonen (manga subcategory), 173, 174
short stories, 80–83, 159
Shulman, Irving, 18
Shuster, Joe, 166
Siegel, Jerry, 166
Siegel, Mark, 171, 175
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 128
Silver Kiss (Klause), 100
Silverberg, Ira, 90
Silvey, Anita, 102
Simon & Schuster (publisher)
book packagers and, 94
declining YA titles, 53
First Love romance series, 39
graphic novels and, 168, 171, 177
imprints, 91–92, 118, 150
online reading and, 196
Simon, Gail, 172
Singer, Marilyn, 82
Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado (Aronson), 182, 183
Sis, Peter, 113, 179
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, 94, 175
Sittenfeld, Curtis, 114, 116, 119
Six Memos for the Next Millennium (Calvino), 55
Sixteen (Gallo), 82
Sixties (time period), 24–30, 44, 167, 180
Skeleton Creek (Carman), 195
Skellig (Almond), 76, 103
Slake’s Limbo (Holman), 54
slasher movies, 50
Sleator, William, 101
Sloane, Brian, 160
Slumber Party (Pike), 40
Smith, Andrew, 91
Smith, Cynthia Leitich, 128
Smith, Dora V., 23
Smith, Henrietta, 44
Smith, Jeff, 171
Smith, Karen Patricia, 43, 46
Smith, Kevin, 63
Smith, Lane, 112
Smith, Lynn, 67
smoking (YA book theme), 130, 131
Snail Mail No More (Danziger and Martin), 194
Snopes.com website, 34
Snowfish (Rapp), 138
So Hard to Say (Sanchez), 160
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 183
Somehow Tenderness Survives (Rochman), 82
Something Permanent (Rylant), 84
Something to Blog About (Norris), 135
Sones, Sonya, 86
Song of the Sparrow (Sandell), 87
Sony e-book reader, 193
Soto, Gary, 43, 45, 83, 127, 129
Sotomayor, Sonia, 108
Space Cadet (Heinlein), 19
Sparks, Beatrice, 34
Spaz (Koertge), 86
Speak (Anderson), 76, 148
Speaking Out (Kuklin), 55
speculative fiction, 95, 101–104
Spiderman (comic book), 167
Spiegelman, Art, 167, 168, 169
Spitz, David, 67
Spooner, Michael, 195
Sprague, Marsha, 190
Springer, Jerry, 50
Squicciarni, Stephanie A., 117
Stackfest conference, 176
Stackpole, Peter, 180
Stamaty, Mark Alan, 128
The Stand (King), 177
Stanford University, 148
Stanley, Diane, 179
Star Man’s Son, 2250 A.D. (Norton), 19
State University of New York, Stony Brook, 132
Stavn, Diane Gersoni, 33
stealing (YA book theme), 130
Steamboat Willie (cartoon), 166
A Step from Heaven (An Na), 78, 79, 80, 128
Steptoe, John, 44
Stewart, Sean, 195
Stine, R. L., 40, 49–50, 101
The Stinky Cheese Man (Scieszka and Smith), 112
Stockton, Frank R., 81
Stoehr, Shelley, 134
Stoker, Bram, 101
Stone Arch (publisher), 177
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Stoner (Koertge), 86
Stop Pretending (Sones), 86
Storm, Gale, 6
Strasser, Todd, 133
Stratemeyer, Edward, 8
Stratemeyer Syndicate, 8, 20n, 51
Stratton, Alan, 157
Street, James, 22
Street Rod (Felsen), 18
Strong at the Heart (Lehman), 149
Stuck Rubber Baby (Cruse), 168
Sue Barton series, 9–10
suicide
bullying and, 134
copycat effect and, 134
in Nineties, 55, 66
problem novels on, 33
violence and, 131
Sullivan, Ed, 69
The Summer Boy (Lipsyte), 41
Summer Rules (Lipsyte), 41
A Summer to Die (Lowry), 31
Sunrise in Fallujah (Myers), 136
superbookstores, 52, 61
Surrender (Hartnett), 80
Sutton, Roger, 32–33
Sweet Dreams series, 39
Sweet Valley High series, 39, 50, 101
Sweetwater (Yep), 44
Swenson, May, 84
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Takahashi, Rumiko, 174
Takaya, Natsuki, 174
Takeuchi, Naoko, 174
Tales from the Farm (Lemire), 177
Tamar (Peet), 106
Taming the Star Runner (Hinton), 41
Tan, Amy, 43
And Tango Makes Three, 161
Tapscott, Don, 64
Target (Johnson), 146
Target (store), 127
Tarkington, Booth, 6
The Tattooed Man (Pease), 10
Taylor, Deborah D., 69, 121
Taylor, Mildred, 44, 106
Taylor, William, 158
Teach Me (Nelson), 163
Teen Angel (Gingher), 111
Teen Genreflecting (Herald), 101
Teen magazine, 63
Teen People Book Club, 92
Teen People magazine, 63
Teen Research Unlimited, 40
Teen Vogue magazine, 63
Teena (comic strip), 13
Teen-Age Bill of Rights, 13
Teenage Confidential (Barson and Heller), 38
“Teenage Prayer” (song), 6
teenage pregnancy (YA book theme), 30, 33, 66, 142–143
teenager, as term, 6
Teenagers (Palladino), 64
Teenreads.com website, 196
Teens’ Top Ten List, 126
television
glamorized violence, 131
in Nineties, 50, 63
nostalgic shows, 38
poetry and, 84–85
reality shows, 50, 103
Tender Morsels (Lanagan), 80
Tenderness (Cormier), 65, 68
Tex (Hinton), 41
Their Voices (Sprague), 190
Thirteen Reasons Why (Asher), 134
33 Snowfish (Rapp), 149
This Full House (Wolff), 86
Thompson, Jason, 173
Thompson, Page, 62
Thornton, Matthew, 117
Thornton, Myrdice, 16
Thrasher, Frederick, 27
Thrasher magazine, 63
The Three Golden Keys (Sis), 113
Tibet (Sis), 113
Time and Again (Metzger), 167
Time magazine