Introduction: identification, actualization, or education: why teach ya? / Janet Alsup
Who are the teens reading ya? African American young adult literature and Black adolescent identity: developing a sense of self and society through narrative / Joy Dangora
Depictions of Chinese Americans in young adult literature: American born Chinese and beyond / Nai-Hua Kuo
Composing themselves: the discursive (de) construction of queer identity in 6 young adult novels / James R. Gilligan
Teaching through the conflict: examining the value of culturally authentic Arabic young adult literature / Nisreen M. Kamel Anati
Culture and language: the two tongues of Mexican-American young adult literature: companion chapters: funds of knowledge and Mexican American cultural values in Ma Yal / William J. Broz
Mestizaje: forging identity through hybridity / René Saldaa, Jr.
Why should teachers teach ya? Engaging and enchanting the heart: developing moral identity through young adult fantasy literature / Aliel Cunningham
Beyond the comics page: pedagogical opportunities and challenges in teaching graphic novels / Lisa Schade Eckert
Pedagogues and demigods: captivity, pedagogy, and young adult literature in an age of diminished expectations / Jeff Spanke
Perspective giving and taking in the secondary English class: considering the case of Erin Gruwell / Jeanne Smith Muzzillo
Why are teens reading ya? The appeal of young adult literature in late adolescence: college freshmen read ya / Gail Zdilla
1 female reader reading ya: understanding Norman Holland's identity themes thirty years later / Janet Alsup.