Part I. Reading the young adult novel -- The universality of the young adult novel / Ted Hipple -- Listening to readers : attitudes toward the young adult novel / Donald R. Gallo -- The young adult novel as transitional literature / Barbara G. Samuels -- The development of the young adult novel : a progression of lessons and lives / Linda K. Shadiow -- Part II. Writing the young adult novel -- Creating a bond between writer and reader / Sue Ellen Bridgers -- Problem novels for readers without any / Richard Peck -- What about now? What about here? What about me? / Sandy Asher -- Part III. Teaching the young adult novel -- Students and teachers as a community of readers / Virginia R. Monseau -- Young adult novels in the traditional literature class / Gary M. Salvner -- The young adult novel across the curriculum / Jeanne M. Gerlach -- Cultural diversity and the young adult novel / Lois T. Stover and Eileen Tway -- Gender issues and the young adult novel / Patricia P. Kelly -- Censorship and the young adult novel / James E. Davis.