Lost Masterworks of Young Adult Literature brings to the attention of librarians, teachers, and publishers, works of young adult literature that are considered to be worthy of a far wider readership than they currently receive. A compilation of 26 essays, each focusing on an individual work of literature or on a series of books treated as one, has been written by a stunning list of contributors.

Chapter 1 Noah's Castle by John Rowe Townsend: A World Too Nasty to Miss out on Chapter 2 Bobby Marks Redux: Reconsidering Robert Lipsyte's Summer Rules and The Summerboy Chapter 3 Welcome Back, Smith! Four Leon Garfield Masterpieces Chapter 4 A Southern Voice Recalled: Two Novels by Mildred Lee Chapter 5 A Gringo Comes of Age in the Southwest: Richard Bradford's Red Sky at Morning Chapter 6 Real Stories, Real Voices: The Lost Works of Janet Bode Chapter 7 Gleeps, or a Case for Trixie Belden Chapter 8 The Last Mission by Harry Mazer: Heroism and Hell in World War II Chapter 9 Sex Education by Jenny Davis: Lessons in Caring and Healing Chapter 10 Opening Up: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend Chapter 11 Belonging to a Place: Home Before Dark by Sue Ellen Bridgers Chapter 12 The Law and Magic: Searching for Incantations in Sol Stein's The Magician Chapter 13 Sharon Bell Mathis's Listen for the Fig Tree: A Timeless YA Novel Chapter 14 Humanity and Its Discontents in The Keeper of the Isis Light by Monica Hughes Chapter 15 Two Forgotten Novels by Bruce Clements Chapter 16 Aidan Chambers's Breaktime: A Lost Masterwork by a Found Master Craftsman Chapter 17 About Living On: Sheila's Dying by Alden Carter Chapter 18 Send No Blessings and The Year of the Gopher: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Lost Masterpieces about Setting One's Own Course Chapter 19 Finding One's Place in the World: The Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy Chapter 20 Portrait of Abuse: Cages of Glass, Flowers of Time by Charlotte Culin Chapter 21 The Quartzsite Trip by William Hogan: A Life-Changing Week Chapter 22 Her Own Way: Pragmatic Abstinence in Norma Fox Mazer's Up in Seth's Room Chapter 23 "We Cut Ourselves": Revisiting Crosses by Shelley Stoehr Chapter 24 Blinded by the Light by Robin Brancato: A Forgotten Masterwork Chapter 25 Searching for Identity and Reconciliation: In Summer Light by Zibby Oneal Chapter 26 Some Thoughts on My First Novel Going out of Print

Dr. Connie S. Zitlow is Professor of Education and Director of Secondary Education at Ohio Wesleyan University. She is the former President and Board Member of the Assembly on Adolescent Literature. She is one of the leading professors of young adult literature on the university level.