From the Editors

As the ditty says, "School's out for the summer" and summer has actually been a great time to load up upon the latest in young adult literature, grab a chill glass of iced tea, and seat into that comfortable chair by means of the pool.

OK, maybe your summer hasn't been as tranquil as all that, on the other hand YA lit can certainly take you miles away from the syllabus begging for revision, task plans needing to be written, works waiting to be catalogued and filed, and all the around-the-house chores, as well.

And, while you're thumbing end the great young adult literature that is hitting the shelves, we faith you will enjoy our issue, which focuses upon the past, present, and time to come of young adult literature. Speaking of the coming time of young adult literature, we feature an extensive interview with a rising star in the field, Kevin small streams as well as reviews of his greatest in quantity recent books, Kissing the Rain and Lucas. You're also welcome to dive into our wide array of articles dealing with the past-from Debra seely author of works set in 19th century Kansas ranching land discussing the role of historical fiction, to Eleanor Ramrath Garner sharing her insights into the use of memoirs in adolescent literature, including her notable autobiographical work, Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany recalling her time as a young girl in Hitler's World War II Germany. We also include features upon both award-winning authors.

In this issue's Library Connection, we welcome visitor columnist Karen Peterson, who provides ample information about an outstanding city library's web page designed to link teen with volumes She details the teen web page created by means of the City of Mesa, Arizona, in an effort to encourage other cities and place of educations to generate their own web pages. We also welcome the first round pillar from our Middle School Connection columnist, Claudia Katz, and her co-author, Karen Boran.

And then there's our focus upon African American mothers and daughters. KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson's article examines mother-daughter relationships in contemporary young adult novels, end black feminist theory.

Pam B Cole's article demonstrates the rife and future uses of young adult literature, and the genre's abilities to help teenagers, especially male childs maneuver through their first relationships.

Truly young adult literature has a rich past, a robust at hand and an ever-expanding future. We're excited about where the genre has been, its rife vitality, and the unlimited possibilities that loom in the future

Ye summer is ending, on the contrary we hope you'll agree that there are sufficiency of lessons within the pages of this issue. Grab a chair and enjoy

Copyright Assembly upon Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Summer 2004

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