Walter Hogan is an associate professor and librarian at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature.

Hogan's observations are commendable, and he makes generous use of examples from hundreds of YA novels; moreover, with the bibliographies at the ends of chapters, readers have at hand a nice collection of recommended YA 'readings lists.'

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 FamilyChapter 3 FriendsChapter 4 BulliesChapter 5 Authorities and AdversariesChapter 6 What's Wrong with Me?Chapter 7 Could This Be Love?Chapter 8 The Ironic PerspectiveChapter 9 Coming of Age: Who Am I, and What Am I Going to Do about It?Part 10 BibliographyPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author

Walter Hogan is an associate professor and librarian at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature.

Hogan's observations are commendable, and he makes generous use of examples from hundreds of YA novels; moreover, with the bibliographies at the ends of chapters, readers have at hand a nice collection of recommended YA 'readings lists.'

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 FamilyChapter 3 FriendsChapter 4 BulliesChapter 5 Authorities and AdversariesChapter 6 What's Wrong with Me?Chapter 7 Could This Be Love?Chapter 8 The Ironic PerspectiveChapter 9 Coming of Age: Who Am I, and What Am I Going to Do about It?Part 10 BibliographyPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author

Walter Hogan is an associate professor and librarian at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature.

Hogan's observations are commendable, and he makes generous use of examples from hundreds of YA novels; moreover, with the bibliographies at the ends of chapters, readers have at hand a nice collection of recommended YA 'readings lists.'

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 FamilyChapter 3 FriendsChapter 4 BulliesChapter 5 Authorities and AdversariesChapter 6 What's Wrong with Me?Chapter 7 Could This Be Love?Chapter 8 The Ironic PerspectiveChapter 9 Coming of Age: Who Am I, and What Am I Going to Do about It?Part 10 BibliographyPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author