that explore, examine, critique, and advocate for literature for young adults and the teaching of that literature.Published pieces include, but are not limited to, research studies, papers presented at professional meetings, surveys of the literature, critiques of the literature, articles about authors, comparative studies across genres and/or cultures, articles on ways to teach the literature to adolescents, and interviews with YA authors.AUDIENCE.Many of the individual members of ALAN are classroom teachers of English in middle, junior, and senior high schools.Other readers include university faculty members in English and/or Education programs, researchers in the field of young adult literature, librar