Best Books for Young Adults is back and better than ever! The new third edition continues to be the most comprehensive and effective reference for great reading for young adults, including 40 years of best YA books plus background on the history, committee procedures, and current issues facing the BBYA Committee. It includes a recap of the current trends in teen literature as reflected in the past decade of BBYA lists. There are twenty seven themed and annotated reproducible booklists, perfect for reader's advisory with teens, parents, teachers even for collection development. It has indexed, annotated lists extending back to 1966.Teen service librarians in public and school libraries, along with parents, and middle and high school English teachers, will welcome this fully updated third edition, featuring a thought-provoking foreword from Betty Carter, YA services luminary and editor of the first two editions of BBYA.