(3) YA Social Issues in Literature series. These books feature short essays, focused biographical pieces, interviews, and excerpts of critical articles selected from a range of reputable secondary sources. Background information on the author, thematic exploration of the named subject, and contemporary applications of the topic extend the significance of the literary work. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind. Review covers these Social Issues in Literature titles: Mental Illness in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, The American Dream in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and Social and Psychological Disorder in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(3) YA Social Issues in Literature series. Each collection features at least eighteen essays reprinted from a variety of sources, including academic journals and popular periodicals. The articles explore the author's life, thematic issues in his work, and contemporary perspectives on related topics. Lists of thematically similar novels in addition to discussion questions further deepen the material. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind. Review covers these Social Issues in Literature titles: Male and Female Roles in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises[c1], Industrialism in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Women's Issues in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and Workers' Rights in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.