Re: LM_NET Digest - 13 Feb 97 YA Problems-Booklist

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>Date:    Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:12:49 -0600
>From:    "Smith, Linda" <Lsmith@CLINTON.EZIN.NET>
>Subject: Hit: YAproblem novels
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>Hi group - several people have ask me to post a hit
>regarding YA problem novels to be used in a
>psychology class and more specifically some recent
>titles.  Here is a list of recommended titles:
>
>Driver's Ed     by      Caroline Cooney
>What Daddy Did          Neal Shusterman
>Tears of a Tiger        Draper
>The 3NBs of Julian Drew  (both have male charac)
>Ironman                 Crutcher
>Staying Fat for Sarah
>                Byrnes  Crutcher
>(Anything by Crutcher)
>Cages
>Seventh Grade Weirdo
>Walk Two Moons          Sharon Creech
>When She Hollers        Voigt
>I Hadn't Meant to Tell
>        You This        Woodson
>Blue Heron              Avi
>Chinese Handcuffs       Crutcher
>Deliver Us From Evie    M.E.Kerr
>The Boy Who Drank
>        `Too Much
>The Drowning of Stephan
>                Jones   Bette Greene
>
>I am sure there are more that have been
>published in the last couple of years and would
>like to receive more titles if anyone else can
>suggest some.
>
>Others (not so recent) are:
>Go Ask Alice
>A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich
>I am the Cheese
>Say Goodnight, Gracie
>I never promised you a rose garden
>Ordinary people
>Jack  by A.M. Homes
>Lisa, bright and dark
>Are you in the house alone?
>Father Figure by Peck
>Remembering the good Times by Peck
>Izzy Willy Nilly
>I know why the caged bird sings
>Sounder
>All together Now by Bridgers
>Permanent Connection by Bridgers
>After the first death
>Stotan!
>Running Loose by Crutcher
>One-eyed cat
>Lord of the flies
>The outsiders
>Flowers for Algernon
>A separate peace
>Fallen angels
>Z for Zachariah
>Close enough to touch by Peck
>Unfinished Portrait of Jessica by Peck
>The catcher in the rye
>House of Stairs
>Homecoming
>The Runner by Voight
>Birdy by Wharton
>Black Boy and Native Son by Wright
>The Pigman
>
>Thanks to all who responded and hope this list will
>help some others who want to try this idea.
>
>lsmith@Clinton.ezin.net
>
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