Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: What Do We Do and Why Do We Do It? -- Chapter 1:A Brief History of Teens and Reading in Libraries -- Chapter 2: Why Teens Need to Read, Why They Want to Read -- Part 2: Foundations -- Chapter 3: What Is Readers' Advisory, and Why Is Readers' Advisory for Teens Different? -- Chapter 4: Tips for the Generalist: What to Do If You Have Not Read Teen Fiction Since You Were a Teen -- Part 3: Taking Action -- Chapter 5: Opening the Readers' Advisory Interview -- Chapter 6: Detecting Interest -- Chapter 7: Articulating Appeal -- Part 4: Special Circumstances -- Chatper 8: Readers' Advisory for Homework Assignments -- Chatper 9: Readers' Advisory by Proxy -- Part 5: Resources -- Chapter 10: Beyond Lists: Using Resources to Move Past Award Winners -- Chapter 11: Creating Resource Lists for Staff -- Chapter 12: Indirect Readers' Advisory and Marketing -- Appendixes -- A: Popular Author Lists -- B: Sure Bets -- C: Teen-Selected Book Awards -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Getting teens to read for fun is the ultimate challenge, yet research shows that it improves skills in grammar and spelling while expanding vocabularies. Readers' Advisors who serve teens (or want to) now have an ready-to-use resource from an expert in teen Readers' Advisory. Accessible and encouraging for beginners and an informative refresher for those more experienced, this hands-on guide addresses teens' unique needs with practical tools that help Readers' Advisors.

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