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245 04 The critical merits of young adult literature :|bcoming of
       age /|cedited by Crag Hill . 
260    New York :|bRoutledge,|c2014 
300    xvi, 200 pages ;|c24 cm . 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505    Foreword: Coming of age with young adult literature 
       through critical analysis / Steven T. Bickmore -- Preface 
       -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Young adult literature
       and scholarship come of age / Crag Hill -- More than a 
       "time of storm and stress": the complex depiction of 
       adolescent identity in contemporary young adult novels / 
       Janet Alsup -- Sexuality as risk and resistance in young 
       adult literature / Mark A. Lewis & E. Sybil Durand -- 
       Hungry like the wolf: gender non-conformity in YAL / sj 
       Miller -- "The worst form of violence": unpacking 
       portrayals of poverty in young adult novels / Janine 
       Darragh & Crag Hill -- "I was carrying the burden of my 
       race": reading matters of race and hope in YA literature 
       by Walter Dean Myers and Sherman Alexie / KaaVonia Hinton 
       & Rodrigo Joseph Rodríguez -- Creating an eco-warrior: 
       wilderness and identity in the dystopian world of Scott 
       Westerfeld's Uglies series / Christopher Arigo -- The 
       emigrant, immigrant, and trafficked experiences of 
       adolescents: young adult literature as window and mirror /
       Linda T. Parsons & Angela Rietschlin -- Annotated 
       bibliography / Laura Powers -- End points / Crag Hill. 
520    "This examination of the literary effectiveness of young 
       adult literature from a critical, research-oriented 
       perspective answers two key questions asked by many 
       teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult 
       literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy
       of close study? The treatment is both conceptual and 
       pragmatic. Each chapter discusses a topical text set of YA
       novels in a conceptual framework -- how these novels 
       contribute to or deconstruct conventional wisdom about key
       topics from identity formation to awareness of world 
       issues, while also providing a springboard in secondary 
       and college classrooms for critical discussion of these 
       novels. Uncloaking many of the issues that have been 
       essentially invisible in discussions of YA literature, 
       these essays can then guide the design of curriculum 
       through which adolescent readers hone the necessary skills
       to unpack the ideologies embedded in YA narratives. The 
       annotated bibliography provides supplementary articles and
       books germane to all the issues discussed. Closing "End 
       Points" highlight and reinforce cross-cutting themes 
       throughout the book and tie the essays together"-- 
       Provided by publisher 
650  0 Young adult literature|xHistory and criticism 
650  0 Young adult literature|xStudy and teaching (Secondary) 
700 10 Hill, Crag