Walter Hogan is professor and librarian at East Michigan University. He is the author of Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2001).

A good resource for professionals, because many novels included in the discussion show up on required-reading lists at the middle- and high-school levels.

Walter Hogan is professor and librarian at East Michigan University. He is the author of Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2001).

A good resource for professionals, because many novels included in the discussion show up on required-reading lists at the middle- and high-school levels.

Walter Hogan is professor and librarian at East Michigan University. He is the author of Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2001).

A good resource for professionals, because many novels included in the discussion show up on required-reading lists at the middle- and high-school levels.