Dr. Donald Gallo
About the Author
Photograph courtesy of Karen Remy
Award-winning author and educator Dr. Don Gallo is a leading
authority on books for teenagers. He is also the editor of thirteen
short story anthologies for young adults, including Sixteen; First
Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants; What Are You Afraid Of?
Stories about Phobias; and Owning it: Stories about Teens with
Disabilities. A former junior high school English teacher, reading
specialist, and professor at Central Connecticut State University, as
well as a sought-after contributing writer, Don is also the editor of
the “Bold Books for Teenagers” column in the English Journal, author of
Presenting Richard Peck, and co-author (with Sarah K. Herz) of From
Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and
the Classics, now in its second edition.
Don is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Connecticut Council of Teachers of English, an Outstanding English Language Arts Educator Award from the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, and the winner of the 1992 ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature.
He and his wife C.J. Bott, a retired English teacher, live with two black cats and two Siberian huskies in Solon, Ohio, where he writes and edits full-time and maintains the Authors4Teens website. For more information about Don, visit www.Authors4Teens.com.
Don is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Connecticut Council of Teachers of English, an Outstanding English Language Arts Educator Award from the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, and the winner of the 1992 ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature.
He and his wife C.J. Bott, a retired English teacher, live with two black cats and two Siberian huskies in Solon, Ohio, where he writes and edits full-time and maintains the Authors4Teens website. For more information about Don, visit www.Authors4Teens.com.
The Very Best Books for Teenagers: 2000 to the Present
Dr. Gallo recently refined a series of
articles originally published for the English Journal and added an
exclusive list of best books for teens for Perma-Bound. Below please
find a copy of the article and order forms for these exciting titles.
Read the article: The Very Best Books
for Teenagers: 2000 to the Present 
Book Sets and Order Forms
The Very Best Books for Middle School Readers, 2000-2005
Book Set
Printable Order Form
The Very Best Books for High School Readers, 2000-2005
Book Set
Printable Order Form
The Very Best Books for both Middle and High School Readers, 2005 to present
Book Set
Printable Order Form
Canadian version
Reprinted from “Bold Books for Teenagers:
The Very Best Possibilities for Middle School” by Don Gallo, EJ
on the Web, EJ Extensions for March 2006, and “Bold Books for
Teenagers: The Very Best Possibilities, Part 2” by Don Gallo, EJ
on the Web, EJ Extensions for May 2006, prepared by Brian Winstead,
English Journal editorial assistant. Copyright 2006 by the National
Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission.
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