Cart, Michael. <br/><br/>
Young adult literature :  from romance to realism / 
Michael Cart. 
 - Chicago :  American Library Association,  2011. 
 - ix, 242 p. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>From Sue Barton to the sixties : what's in a name? and other uncertainties -- The sixties and the seventies : the rise of realism and the first golden age -- The eighties : something old, something new : the rise of the paperback series, multicultural literature, and political correctness -- The early nineties : a near death experience -- The rest of the nineties : revival and renaissance -- A new literature for a new millennium : the renaissance continues -- Romancing the retail : of series, superstores, Harry Potter, and such -- So, how adult is young adult : the crossover conundrum -- Meanwhile, back in the real world : immigration, mixed race, and other new realities of teen life -- Sex and other shibboleths : YA comes of age, and not a moment too soon -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature : the controversies continue -- The viz biz : transforming the funnies -- The eyes have it : other visual forms : photoessays and the new nonfiction -- Of books and bytes : multiple literacies, the death of print, and other imponderables. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780838910450 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010013674 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Young adult literature--History and criticism.<br/>Teenagers--Books and reading--United States.<br/>Teenagers in literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.Y57  / C37 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.009/92837