Presents the annual "Honor List" of books for young adults for 1997. Offers substantial descriptions of eight books with an unlikely assortment of heroes. (SR)

Presents 11 titles selected for the 2000 Honor List for young adult literature. Notes that the books were selected by combining their favorites with the best-book list compiled by the editors of such publications as "School Library Journal,""Booklist," and "Horn Book." (SG)

Presents annotations of eight new young adult books (published in 2002) that have each received at least three "best book" citations. Offers a brief synopsis as well as a thoughtful critique of each book. (SG)

Presents descriptions of the seven books selected for the 1991 Honor Listing. (SR)

Presents brief descriptions of the eight books for young adults on the 1999 Honor List annually compiled the authors. Offers descriptions of the eight books. (SR)

Asserts that it is "better to leave kids' reading alone and hope for the best than to inflict adult reading tastes on young people." (Author/KS)

Muses on the attempts that have been made to establish an august list of literary works to be taught in the secondary school and offers a personal opinion of book titles, ninth through twelfth grade, that are defensible on literary quality and are educationally worthwhile. (HOD)

Offers five personal views of censorship that were developed as a result of teaching English and fighting censorship. (HOD)

Suggests six ways to prepare for and meet attempts at censorship of reading materials in classrooms and school libraries. (TO)

Presents a selection of books, articles, and other materials dealing with censorship chosen for their quality or provocative nature. (RBW)

Teachers often insist that certain "great books" must be taught, although they can seldom agree on a list of titles. But restricting students' reading to the classics only produces boredom. Students deserve widely-read literature teachers, who can bring them knowledge of and excitement about all kinds of literature. (SJL)