Foreword to the First Edition, by John M. Budd
Preface: Young Adult Services at the Crossroads, by Anthony Bernier
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making the Case for Transforming, by Anthony Bernier
Part I: Betweenness
Chapter 1. Envisaging Young Adult Librarianship from a Teen-Centered Perspective, by Denise E. Agosto
Chapter 2. Diverse Identity in Anxious Times: Young Adult Literature and Contemporary Culture, by Karen Coats
Chapter 3. Students or Learners? Conceptualizing Youth in School Libraries, by Mary Ann Harlan
Part II: Intellectual Freedom
Chapter 4. Misfits, Loners, Immature Students, and Reluctant Readers: Librarianship in the Construction of Teen Readers of Comics, by Lucia Cedeira Serantes
Chapter 5. Identity at Odds: The Sometimes Conflicting Viewpoints about Young Adults’ Rights in Libraries, by Cherie Givens
Chapter 6. Situating Youth Voice: Moving from Understanding to Action through Critical Theory, by Jeanie Austin
Part III: Confronting Convention
Chapter 7. Crossing Over: The Advent of the Adultescent, by Michael Cart
Chapter 8. Storytelling, Young Adults, and Three Paradoxes, by Kate McDowell
Chapter 9. “The Library Is Like Her House”: Reimagining Youth of Color in LIS Discourses, by Kafi D. Kumasi
Part IV: Emergent Roles
Chapter 10. Beyond Coaching: Copiloting with Young Adults, by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko
Chapter 11. LIS’s Vision of Young Adults: Some Historical Roots for Current Theories and Practice, by Mary K. Chelton
Part V: From Citizenship to Membership
Chapter 12. Tribalism versus Citizenship: Are Youth Increasingly Unwelcome in Libraries?, by Mike Males
Chapter 13. Imagining Today’s Young Adults in LIS: Moving Forward with Critical Youth Studies, by Paulette Rothbauer
Chapter 14. Moving Beyond YAs as “Citizens”: The Promise of Membership, by Anthony Bernier
Conclusion: Membership’s Promise for Praxis, by Anthony Bernier
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Index