Novels for Students, Volume 2 (Novels for Students, 2) - Hardcover

9780787616878: Novels for Students, Volume 2 (Novels for Students, 2)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787616877 ISBN 13: 9780787616878

Publisher: Gale Research Inc, 1997

Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 15 to 20 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content.

Here are some of the novels they will find:

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant| by Anne Tyler
|Flowers for Algernon| by Daniel Keyes
|The Great Gatsby| by F. Scott Fitzgerald
|I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings| by Maya Angelou
|Invisible Man| by Ralph Ellison
|Lord of the Flies| by William Golding
And more

You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.|PIM|31-MAY-18|01

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From School Library Journal:

Gr 9 Up-These two volumes provide students with easy access to information about novels that they must read for course work and/or, ostensibly, those that they choose to read for pleasure. The entries for each title include author biography, plot summary, character profiles, discussion of themes and style, historical context, critical overview, and three critical essays (one original to this work). Each article also contains a short bibliography of sources and an annotated list for further reading. Among the 30 novels included are The Scarlet Letter, The Bell Jar, Catch-22, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Bluest Eye, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, and Heart of Darkness. Both volumes contain three indexes: nationality/ethnicity (of author); author/title; and subject/theme. The first two are cumulative, but the subject/theme index is volume-specific, which could present some problems as the series grows. Also, themes and subjects have been too generously assigned. The Chocolate War is cited in 23 index entries, including "American Northeast," "Adulthood," and "Politics." This work is informative, thoughtfully conceived and designed, and well written. However, the question must be asked, particularly by school librarians: does this publication provide everything a student might need to write a critical paper without actually reading the novel? A fine addition that should be received with considerable enthusiasm, but also with the reservations indicated.-Tess McKellen, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn

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