Best Classic Literature For Young Adults - April 2024

Little Blue Truck board book

Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road. With a text full of truck sounds and animal noises to read aloud, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.   Includes a downloadable party kit for even more fun!

• ASIN: 0544568036
• ASIN: 0544568036
• ISBN: 9780544568037
• Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)

Now for the first time ever, J.K. Rowling’s seven bestselling Harry Potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set! The Harry Potter series has been hailed as “one for the ages” by Stephen King and “a spellbinding saga’ by USA Today. And most recently, The New York Times called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the “fastest selling book in history.” This is the ultimate Harry Potter collection for Harry Potter fans of all ages!

• ASIN: 0545162076
• UPC: 717356278525
• ASIN: 0545162076
• ISBN: 0545162076
• Brand: Brand
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster’s classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes—and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062301675
• ASIN: 0062301675
• ISBN: 9780062301673
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Perennial

The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

New York Times bestseller! More than Five million copies sold!You CAN take control of your money. Build up your money muscles with America’s favorite finance coach.Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There’s one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that’s with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition.By now, you’ve heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1595555277
• UPC: 884565398723
• ASIN: 1595555277
• ISBN: 9781595555274
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

To Kill a Mockingbird

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060935464
• ASIN: 0060935464
• ISBN: 0060935464
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby

A modern take on a baby memory book and journal, As You Grow stands out from the crowd of baby books with its elegant, chic, and timeless design. The gender-neutral artwork with guided sections provide space for every family to record moments from pregnancy to age five. Author and illustrator Korie Herold poured over every page, adding artistic detail and flourishes that work to create a book you can interact with now, and look back on for a lifetime. This chic design promotes longevity, as this keepsake book is intended to be shared and displayed for years to come. As You Grow is inclusive of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 194451547X
• ASIN: 194451547X
• ISBN: 194451547X
• Manufacturer: Blue Star Press

The Book Thief

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.  The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.  Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375842209
• ASIN: 0375842209
• ISBN: 9780375842207
• Brand: Alfred A. Knopf
• Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE EPIC MOTION PICTURES J.R.R. TOLKIEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE HOBBIT THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING THE TWO TOWERS THE RETURN OF THE KING © New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. (s12) Motion Picture Artwork © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

• ASIN: 0345538374
• ASIN: 0345538374
• ISBN: 0345538374
• Brand: J R R Tolkien
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Also a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating lo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451696191
• ASIN: 1451696191
• ISBN: 9781451696196
• Brand: MTV Books
• Manufacturer: MTV Books

Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks)

A perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss—The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, and Fox in Socks—will be cherished by young and old alike. Ideal for reading aloud or reading alone, they will begin a child on the adventure of a lifetime!

• ASIN: 0375851569
• ASIN: 0375851569
• ISBN: 0375851569
• Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

Essentials of Young Adult Literature (3rd Edition)

Essentials of Young Adult Literature, 3/e gives readers an engaging and succinct yet comprehensive overview of young adult literature. Using a genre approach and an emphasis on immersion in literature, it prepares tomorrow’s teachers to integrate literature into middle and high school curricula. This book focuses on reading young adult books, not just talking about them. It presents short chapters that include extensive recommended booklists organized by genre and topic, and relates young adult literature to current issues such as standards, the literary canon, censorship, close reading, cr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 013352227X
• ASIN: 013352227X
• ISBN: 9780133522273
• Manufacturer: Pearson

The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award - Teen Book Winner)

When Jessica is told she’ll never run again, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before. The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story.   Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She’s not comforted by the news that she’ll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run?   As she struggles to cope, Jessica feels that she’s both in the spotlight and invisible. People who don’t know what to say act like she’s not there. Jessica’s embarrassed to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375866280
• ASIN: 0375866280
• ISBN: 0375866280
• Brand: Ember
• Manufacturer: Ember

The Alchemist

• ASIN: 0062315005
• ASIN: 0062315005
• ISBN: 0062315005
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Join Calvin and Hobbes on all their adventures in this four-volume collection of every comic strip from the comic strip’s eleven year history (1985 to1996).Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Composed of four paperback,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1449433251
• UPC: 001449433251
• ASIN: 1449433251
• ISBN: 1449433251
• Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Lord of the Flies

Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399501487
• ASIN: 0399501487
• ISBN: 0399501487
• Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Best Young Adult Books Contest : A Simulation for the Language Arts Classroom

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• UPC: 29511577
• Rating: 3.571

A Family of Readers : The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature

This volume is a guide to children's and young adult

• UPC: 16217030
• Rating: 4.25

The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature - eBook

Rooted in the oral traditions of cultures worldwide, fairy tales have long played an integral part in children’s upbringing. Filled with gothic and fantastical elements like monsters, dragons, evil step-parents and fairy godmothers, fairy tales

• UPC: 532532607
• Rating: 4.0

Seventh Dimension - The Castle : A Young Adult Fantasy

Falsely accused of murder, 17-year-old Daniel becomes trapped in Jerusalem in 33 A.D. during

• UPC: 53442358

A Family of Readers : The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature

Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children--and nurturing their love of reading. (Preschool and up) A FAMILY

• UPC: 13906325
• Rating: 4.25

Seventh Dimension - The City : A Young Adult Fantasy

Shale and Daniel are transported to a spiritual reality where time is an

• UPC: 53442360

Forty Steps Closer to God : A Book of 40 Hadith with Commentary for Young Muslim Adults

Read about the wise ways of Prophet Muhammad (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). "Forty Steps Closer to God" is a must-read for all Muslim teenagers. It contains a careful selection of

• UPC: 949914500

Starseeker : Flower of Tamaroon - Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure for Teens and Young Adults

Starseeker: Flower of Tamaroon - Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure for Teens and Young

• UPC: 53909470

Trinity Stones : Adapted for Young Adults

On her 27th birthday, Cara Collins, a single New York investment banker with an anxiety disorder receives a stunning inheritance and is taken under the wing of angels. Cara soon finds out she must choose:

• UPC: 53416786

When Life Gives You Lemons : A Book of Poetry for Teenagers and Young Adults

When Life Gives You Lemons: A Book of Poetry for Teenagers and Young

• UPC: 53308439