Young Adult Literature
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Michael Cart
Today's young adult literature is every bit as complex as the audience it's written for, unflinchingly addressing such topics as homosexuality, mental illness, AIDS and drug abuse. In this much expanded revision of his 1996 book, veteran author Michael Cart shows how the best of contemporary YA lit has evolved to tackle such daunting subjects without resorting to sensationalism. He brings his historical survey of this category fully up to date, covering its explosive growth in the past decade, and advocating that librarians and teachers look beyond romance and horror when advising young adults. This survey helps YA librarians who want to freshen up their readers' advisory skills, teachers who use novels in the classroom, and adult services librarians who increasingly find themselves addressing the queries of teen patrons by covering the following: Reading habits of today's teens, Influence of new technologies and formats, New YA lit awards, This insightful and often humorous work presents the evolution of YA lit in an appealing way, making it equally useful for students of literary studies. You'll definitely update your recommended ""to read"" lists after a spin through Cart's advisory.
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Author
Michael Cart
Pages
242
Publisher
American Library Association
Published Date
2010-09
ISBN
0838910459 9780838910450
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"Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism is a fascinating and fun preview of the somewhat brief history, current and developing trends in young adult literature. Young Adult Literature has been updated with new information since it’s initial publishing in 1996 and released with a new, more modern cover and reformatted with a funky fresh font and style. Michael Cart, an expert in the field of Young Adult Literature, has crafted a poignant and rich look at young adult literacy from its infancy in the early 1900’s to it’s Golden Age in the new millennium. He utilizes humor, cultural references, interviews and well-grounded research to further his views of the past, the present and each decades issues in young adult literature. In this book, Mr. Cart also tackles the many controversial issues in YA literature including homosexuality, bullying, multiculturalism and more with entertaining and interesting prose. At the times, the amount of statistics and factual information got in the way of the picture Mr. Cart was trying to paint but only for a short time. He delivered a truly engaging read on the topic of YA literature that doesn’t always get the type of coverage it deserves. Librarians, teachers and parents would find the knowledge in this book to be the most useful for suggesting titles and authors to their teens and student reading experiences."
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Allison Freeman