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Pete Hautman is an author who likes to tackle big ideas-from
addiction and psychosis to the nature of belief and what the world
is coming to-in his fiction for teen readers. In novels like Mr.
Was, Sweetblood, Invisible, Rash, and the National Book Award
winner, Godless, Hautman leavens his exploration of these big ideas
with humor while showing that he understands how overwhelming such
matters can be. As Hautman himself says, "It's complicated." In
Pete Hautman: Speaking the Truth to Teens, Joel Shoemaker looks at
the life and work of an author whose young adult fiction represent
a wider breadth of subject matter and interests than is typically
found in any single author's young adult novels. Chapters in this
book explicate individual novels such as Godless and Eden West
which focus on religious issues and teens, while time-travel
conundrums are explored in Mr. Was and the Klaatu Diskos trilogy,
and three books look at teens who play poker for very high stakes.
Other works discussed in this study are examples of realistic
contemporary fiction: How to Steal a Car, Blank Confession, and two
books that take very different approaches to the matter of teens
and falling in love, The Big Crunch and What Boys Really Want.
Shoemaker's interviews with the author and several family members
provide opportunities for unique insights into Hautman's work,
drawing clear connections between his life and his writings. Pete
Hautman: Speaking the Truth to Teens will be of interest to
librarians, scholars, and the author's many fans.
In one detailed multimedia source, you'll find everything you need
to evaluate your library's current policies and procedures, and
suggestions to help you develop new ones in today's more complex
digital content environment.Among the many areas covered are:
Collection Development; Acquisitions; Budgeting; Equipment and
Materials Maintenance; Year-End Reporting; Scheduling; Web
Publishing and Design; Reading Incentive Programs; Serving Students
with Special Needs; and Copyright.You'll find more than 300 sample
policies, procedures, and forms you can customize and print to help
you manage each aspect of your library's operations. The
accompanying CD makes it easy to tap the book's text without
rekeying so you can create or revise your own library's manuals.
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