Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 15 to 20 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this reference\'s content.
Here are some of the novels they will find:
"The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton
"The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
"Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel
"Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich
And more
You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - Ernest J(ames) Gaines.
The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver.
The Color Purple - Alice (Malsenior) Walker.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K(indred) Dick.
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card.
Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton.
Giants in the Earth - O(le) E(dvart) Rolvaag.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Julia Alvarez.
Les Miserables - Victor (Marie) Hugo.
Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel.
Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich.
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
