Focusing on adolescent literature, this issue highlights the role of historian, writer, teacher, and reader in fact, fiction, and history. The following essays are included: "Doing the Literacy Tango" (J. L. Collier); "Biography and Books of James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier" (J. Bugniazet); "Fact, Fiction and History: The Role of Historian, Writer, Teacher and Reader" (C. Collier); Two articles in the section on "Fiction: The Past and Present Joined through Literature": (1) "Parallels between Fox's 'The Slave Dancer' and Melville's 'Moby Dick' and 'Billy Budd'" (M. L. Shattuck), and (2) "The Cocoon and the Time Capsule: Uses of the Past in Novels for Young Adults" (C. Hunt); two articles in the section on "History: Bringing It to Life through Adolescent Literature": (1) "'Beyond the Divide': A Springboard for Discussion of Current Concerns of Young Adults" (C. Hammer), and (2) "Historical Fiction Starts with the Student" (L. G. Gober and M. Angelotti); "To Tell the Truth or at Least a Little Nonfiction" (W. G. Ellis); "Bridging the Basics: The Young Adult Novel in a Back-to-Basics Society" (B. G. Samuels, et al.); "The Relationship between Character, Writer and Reader: An Interview with ALAN Award Winner Madeleine L'Engle" (J. Bugniazet); "Nonfiction: News from ALAN and Beyond"; "Still Trixie After All These Years" (E. A. Seay); "The Fervent Prayer of a Tennager's Parent" (R. Peck); "'Now that You Asked...'" (R. Cline and E. Poe); and "The Back Door" (C. Reed). (JD)