Category: Books by Cart

Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns.

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns.

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Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore the impact of guns on teens. These evocative voices each have a different story to tell, a different perspective to give. “Sober and thought-provoking.” – Booklist “The short, compelling stories are perfect for reluctant readers ...

How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

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In nontraditional narratives, short stories and brief graphics, tales of anticipation and regret, eagerness and confusion present distinctively modern views of love, sexuality, and gender identification. Together, they reflect the vibrant possibilities available for young people learning to love others – and themselves...

In The Stacks. Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians.

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

In The Stacks. Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians.

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Michael Cart has gathered nineteen enthralling stories about libraries and librarians. They range from a classic by Isaac Babel (“The Public Library”) to Jorge Luis Borges’ brilliant tale of a library stretching to infinity (“The Library of Babel”) and from Lorrie Moore’s contemporary mast...

Talking Animals and Others. The Life and Work of Walter R. Brooks, Creator of Freddy the Pig.

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

Talking Animals and Others. The Life and Work of Walter R. Brooks, Creator of Freddy the Pig.

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The first complete biography of the beloved creator of Freddy the Pig and Mr. Ed, the Talking Horse. Cart, himself a lifelong Freddy fan, combines archival research, firsthand accounts from Brooks’s personal files, and interviews with Brooks’s late wife to offer this comprehensive, affectionate life of one of the...

Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens. Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community.

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens. Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community.

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Co-authored with Christine A. Jenkins, this valuable resource identifies 250 books that address the sensitive and important topics of coming out, being out, and searching for community. The authors cover fiction of all kinds, as well as graphic novels and general nonfiction aimed at readers in middle and high school. Include...

Necessary Noise. Stories about Our Families As They Really Are.

July 25, 2016 0 min to read

Necessary Noise. Stories about Our Families As They Really Are.

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Noted anthologist Michael Cart asked celebrated young adult authors the question “What does family mean today?” The ten stories in this anthology provide some illuminating- and sometimes surprising- answers. “These short stories by recognized young adult authors are compelling examples of contemporary liter...

My Fathers Scar

July 11, 2016 1 min to read

My Fathers Scar

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Eighteen year-old Andy Logan has finally made it to his first year og college, but not without some struggle. As he tries to settle in this new environment, he cannot help but recall the events and experiences that have led him there. It is in these recollections that we meet a vast array of people–those who had either...

Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism

July 11, 2016 0 min to read

Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism

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Today’s young adult literature is every bit as complex as the audience it’s written for, unflinchingly addressing such topics as homosexuality, mental illness, AIDS and drug abuse. In this much expanded revision of his 1996 book, veteran author Michael Cart shows how the best of contemporary young adult literatur...

Cart’s Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults

July 11, 2016 1 min to read

Cart’s Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults

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“Author of the bestseller Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism, Cart applies his considerable expertise as columnist and critic for Booklist to identifying 200 exceptional adult books that will satisfy a variety of young adults’ recreational reading tastes. Reflecting the notoriously choosy reading int...