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Young Adult Literature: From Romance To Realism (2010)

by Michael Cart(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0838910459 (ISBN13: 9780838910450)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

American Library Association

review 1: 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 ... morethe 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.
review 2: I'm glad I chose this as the "history" textbook for my YAL course - it's extensively updated from the first edition, and while I don't think every chapter is as strong as possible (looking at you, sex chapter), it did provide a valuable contextual framework for the development and expansion of YAL over the last 40 years. For a survey/genre course, which is what I'm teaching now, I really can't think of a better text to use. less

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