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DINNY GORDON: JUNIOR

Author: ANNE EMERY

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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Dinny Gordon 4 Book Set

Author: Anne Emery

Publisher: Dinny Gordon

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781595110787

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Dinny Gordon Set includes: Dinny Gordon, Freshman; Dinny Gordon, Sophomore; Dinny Gordon, Junior; and Dinny Gordon, Senior. Dinny Gordon of Rosemont, Illinois, has a broad range of interests. Her focus is not always on romance (although it does get her attention!) but is often on her dreams of traveling to other countries that are rich in ancient history. Dinny is a hard working teenager with ambition and drive. Her parents give her the right amount of support, yet allow Dinny to grow and develop attitudes and interests of her own. Dinny's warm hearted personality, balanced with intellectual interests, provides the basis of a great story of friends, romance, and teen problem solving.

Dinny Gordon

Author: Anne Emery

Publisher:

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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Book Crush

Author: Nancy Pearl

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1570616566

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Do you remember your first book crush? You know, the first time a book completely captured your imagination, transported you to a magical place, or introduced you to a lifelong friend you will never forget? In Book Crush, popular librarian and reading enthusiast Nancy Pearl reminds us why we fell for reading in the first place—how completely consuming and life-changing a good book can be. Pearl offers more than 1,000 crush-worthy books organized into over 100 recommended reading lists aimed at youngest, middle-grade, and teen readers. From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Pearl has developed more smart and interesting thematic lists of books to enjoy. Parents, teachers, and librarians are often puzzled by the unending choices for reading material for young people. It starts when the kids are toddler and doesn’t end until high-school graduation. What’s good, what’s not, and what’s going to hold their interest? Popular librarian Nancy Pearl points the way in Book Crush.

Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths

Author: Carolyn Carpan

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008-12-04

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0810863952

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Girls series books have been popular since the early 1840s, when books about Cousin Lucy, a young girl who learns about the world around her, first appeared. Since then, scores of series books have followed, several of them highly successful, and featuring some of the most enduring characters in fiction, such as Nancy Drew. In recent decades, series books like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High have become staples for young readers everywhere. In Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, Carolyn Carpan provides a social history of girls' series fiction published in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, subgenres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100 series, noting how teenage girls are portrayed in girls' series fiction and how girls' series reflect or subvert the culture of the era in which they are produced. Her study also focuses on the creation, writing, and production of such books. This is the first study of American girls' series books to examine the entire genre from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day, revealing facts about a sub-genre of children's and young adult literature that has rarely been studied. Appendixes in this volume include a listing of the girls' series covered in the book as well as important books about girls' series fiction.

The Chicago of Fiction

Author: James A. Kaser

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 1461672589

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The importance of Chicago in American culture has made the city's place in the American imagination a crucial topic for literary scholars and cultural historians. While databases of bibliographical information on Chicago-centered fiction are available, they are of little use to scholars researching works written before the 1980s. In The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide, James A. Kaser provides detailed synopses for more than 1,200 works of fiction significantly set in Chicago and published between 1852 and 1980. The synopses include plot summaries, names of major characters, and an indication of physical settings. An appendix provides bibliographical information for works dating from 1981 well into the 21st century, while a biographical section provides basic information about the authors, some of whom are obscure and would be difficult to find in other sources. Written to assist researchers in locating works of fiction for analysis, the plot summaries highlight ways in which the works touch on major aspects of social history and cultural studies (i.e., class, ethnicity, gender, immigrant experience, and race). The book is also a useful reader advisory tool for librarians and readers who want to identify materials for leisure reading, particularly since genre, juvenile, and young adult fiction, as well as literary fiction, are included.