Heart Has Its Reasons

Michael Cart is a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association and the current President of the Assembly on Adolescent Literature of the National Council of Teachers of English. He teaches young adult literature at UCLA, he is the former head of the Beverly Hills Public Library, and the author of several books on children's and young adult literature, as well as a young adult novel, My Father's Scar, a gay coming-of-age story selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.Christine A. Jenkins is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Part 1 Timeline of Events Relevant to GLBTQ YouthPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Give Us FacesChapter 4 2. The 1970s: What Donovan WroughtChapter 5 3. The 1980s: Annie on My Mind and BeyondChapter 6 4. The 1990s: Was More Less?Chapter 7 5. A New Literature for a New Century?Chapter 8 6. What a Wonderful World? Some Final ThoughtsPart 9 Appendix A: Model for GLBTQ Portrayals/Inclusion in YA FictionPart 10 Appendix B: Bibliography of Secondary SourcesPart 11 Appendix C: Young Adult Novels with GLBTQ Content, 1969-2004, Author/Title Bibliography with GLBTQ Portrayal, Inclusion and Narrative RolePart 12 Appendix D: Young Adult Fiction with GLBTQ Content, 1969-2004: A Chronological BibliographyPart 13 IndexPart 14 About the Authors

...[an] overview of gay/lesbian themes and characters in young adult literature.