Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 49 : 
Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-3552." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Atonement -- The beautiful and damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Catalyst / Laurie Halse Anderson -- A grain of wheat / Ngugiwa Thiongo  -- Heart of Aztlan / Rudolfo A. Anaya -- Homeless bird / Gloria Whelan -- The inheritance of loss / Kiran Desai -- Linden Hills / Gloria Naylor -- The Maltese falcon -- My year of meats / Ruth L. Ozeki -- Nineteen minutes / Jodi Picoult -- Song yet sung / James McBride -- The storyteller / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Tobacco road / Erskine Caldwell. 
<br/><br/> Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781573023047 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Stories, plots, etc.<br/>Fiction--History and criticism.