The Young Reader's Companion

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R.R. Bowker, 1993 - 681 pages


This authoritative single-volume encyclopedia helps children and young adults understand the characters, plots, and allusions in the books they read. For librarians, parents, and teachers, it performs double duty as an in-depth selection tool. The Young Reader's Companion contains more than 2,000 entries, arranged alphabetically for easy access. Each is approximately 200 words long, and designates the appropriate reading level--either Middle Reader or young Adult.

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Young Reader's Companion
Volume Two
AuthorGorton Carruth
EditorGorton Carruth
Editionillustrated
PublisherR.R. Bowker, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Dec 2006
ISBN0835227650, 9780835227650
Length681 pages
  
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