?The bibliography is thorough and broad and will prove to be a great resource for SF scholars. As will this book. Young Adult Science Fiction's historical and thematic approaches, with the excellent concluding bibliography, will provide scholars with core information.?-...

Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! The First Novel in the Xoe Meyers Young Adult Fantasy/Horror Series....

Tad Williams and Christopher Paolini: Author One-on-One Tad Williams is the New York Times bestselling author of several epic fantasy series. He lives in California. Read on for Williams and Christopher Paolini's discussion about why they write fantasy, their upcomi...

If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it? Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Grac...

"Fans of the series will be standing in line for the next installment, and readers with a penchant for animal fantasies will be engaged by this nice lead-in to the more complex tomes of Brian Jaques's Redwall series and Avi's Poppy books." VOYA --This text refers to the...

The 14th volume of the critically acclaimed Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series is a 556-page behemoth combining 44 of the best stories and eight of the best poems from 2000. Editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling provide long, thorough, and insightful summ...

This revision of a classic collection of historical and analytical essays explores the use of fantasy and fairytales in children's literature. The compilation of 16 perceptive essays includes six new entries and updates others from the original 1981 publication. Yolen, ...

An innovative fantasy...The Darkangel surely is a story which knows no age limits. - Madeleine L'EngleMeredith Ann Pierce is a recognized and well-known author among fans of the young adult fantasy genre and the cross-over adult market. The Darkangel, her very first boo...

"[With] A Gathering of Gargoyles . . . the Darkangel trilogy has grown exponentially in richness and - if that is possible - in inventiveness."-Lloyd Alexander, author of the Prydain ChroniclesMeredith Ann Pierce is a recognized and well-known author among fans of the y...

One of the world's most honored authors of science fiction (The Left Hand of Darkness, etc.) and young adult fantasy (the Earthsea trilogy), Le Guin has also maintained a serious, if less often recognized, career as a poet. This sixth gathering of poems comprises compac...