Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context & Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels

Series Name: Novels for Students Series
Volume 55
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Gale

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ISBN-10: 1410328430
ISBN-13: 9781410328434
DDC: 809.3
Grade Level Range: 9th Grade - 12th Grade +
368 Pages | eBook
Previous Editions: 2017, 2017, 2016
Original Copyright 2017 | Published/Released June 2017
This publication's content originally published in print form: 2017

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Each volume of Novels For Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 14 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included 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 reference’s content. Within the pages of Novels For Students, young researchers will discover everything they need to complete homework assignments and lead classroom discussions.

Each volume (beginning with volume 32) includes two “Literature to Film” entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays/novels not only diversify the study of plays/novels but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well.

See Table of Contents for a list of works that appear in this volume. Please note that the entire For Students Collection in available eBook format.

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Novels for Students Series

When your high school students need understandable explanations of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Color Purple, and other novels frequently studied in literature courses, direct them to this reference from Gale. 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 series 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 reference's content. Within the pages of Novels For Students, young researchers will discover everything they need to complete homework assignments and lead classroom discussions. You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format. While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available due to rights restrictions. Call your Sales Rep for details.

Features and Benefits

Student friendly: Homework help format, w/ criticism at H.S. students’ interest and reading levels.
Librarian friendly: Lower price than more scholarly criticism volumes (e.g., Poetry Criticism).
Reader friendly: For patrons interested in more info on the classics or bestsellers they’re reading.
Curriculum Connection: Supports standards on study of literature by genre or in historical context and provides read-a-likes for common core activities.
Assignment based: For Students designed to match real English projects and the format facilitates compare and contrast, inquiry-based activities. Title lists correlate with textbooks, anthologies.
Title lists correlate with textbooks, anthologies.

Alternate Formats

Casebound Edition

ISBN-10: 1410328384 | ISBN-13: 9781410328380

Table of Contents

Alice in Wonderland (lit to film), by Lewis Carroll.
Dawn, by Elie Wiesel.
Gardens in the Dunes, by Leslie Marmon Silko.
Gertrude and Claudius, by John Updike.
Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland.
Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee.
Miracle's Boys, by Jacqueline Woodson.
My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult.
Pride and Prejudice (lit to film), by Jane Austen.
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
The Life and Times of Michael K., J. M Coetzee.
Whirligig, by Paul Fleischman.
World and Town, by Gish Jen.