Author Question: Teachers and library media specialists often face a difficult task in selecting appropriate, quality ... (Read 158 times)

darbym82 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Teachers and library media specialists often face a difficult task in selecting appropriate, quality literature that meets the developmental, intellectual, and social needs of adolescents as well as the curricular standards of the school. Perhaps the ideal way to accomplish this is:

a. for educators to read as much young adult literature as possible and make their own judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the literature.
b. to make purchases based upon publishers' catalogs because they usually provide objective and unbiased reviews.
c. to seek the advice of the school administration on which literature is the most developmentally responsive and the least offensive to community standards.
d. to read reviews published in reputable journals since they have the last-word on good literature for young adults.

Question 2

While the __________ _________ phenomenon rekindled an interest in fantasy and science fiction books, there were changes in the traditional linear plot style of realistic fiction.

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