Browsing by Subject "Young adult literature"

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    2023 Read Aloud Indiana
    (Indiana Library Federation, 2023) Indiana Library Federation
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    Gender Issues in Young Adult Literature
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Jacobs, Kathryn
    Whether we are expanding our lives through knowledge or imagination, there is no doubt that reading plays a crucial role in this process. Largely because of this, reading continues to be one of the most highly debated components in the education of our children. When they are young we argue the best way to teach children to read. Once we’ve taught them how, the arguments turn to the best way to actually get them do it. Any educator or librarian knows you can lead teens to a book but you can’t make them read it. So we do everything from forcing them to read (mandatory school reading times) to bribery (reading incentive programs). Yet, in our quest to persuade young adults to read, we may sometimes forget that it is also important what they read and what they take away from the experience.
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    Graphic Novels: Leading the Way to Teen Literacy and Leadership
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Mori, Maryann
    Although people of varied ages read graphic novels, these books seem to have a special appeal to teens. A 2003 Publisher’s Weekly article gave credit to teenagers for causing the “phenomenal” sales growth of Japanese or manga graphic novels. With young adults (persons ages 12-18) representing “almost one quarter of the users of public libraries” and comprising 100% of the student population at middle schools and high schools, public and school librarians will do well not only to include graphic novels in their Young Adult collections, but also to gain a better understanding of these books and the benefits offered by them.
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    Homosexual Themes, Issues, and Characters in Young Adult Literature: An Overview
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2004) Savage, Dawn
    Statistics on the proportions of homosexual individuals in the U.S. have important consequences for young adult literature and young adult collection development. For example, “According to the Kinsey Institute, ten percent of our population is homosexual, so in an average American high school of one-thousand, one-hundred teens may be gay.” Young adult literature that addresses the issue of homosexuality is very relevant when it is considered that in 1994 two million young adults aged 13-19 claimed to be homosexual. This is certainly a sizeable number, particularly given that many “fear rejection by their parents and other relatives should they choose to reveal their sexual orientation.”