Building an ESL Collection for Young Adults: A Bibliography of Recommended Fiction and Nonfiction for Schools and Public Libraries

This annotated bibliography of more than 500 recommended books meets the needs of teachers and librarians for reading materials for young adults for whom English is a second language. Laura McCaffery, has selected the best books on a variety of topics to meet curriculum and personal interest needs of young adults. Most of the books selected were published between 1992 and 1998. The bibliography is organized by topic: adventure, mystery and suspense; biographies; career, workplace, life skills and parenting; folktales, myths, poetry and classics; ethnic diversity; history and geography; nature and science; and sports. Indexes by author, subject, title and ethnic group should make searching easy.