| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 176 pages) |
| Contents |
From politics to personal expression: representations of sport in Walter Dean Myers, Young adult works / Ray Schrock -- The nature of female friendship in the sisterhood of traveling pants quartet / Joyce Litton -- The path to Sedna / Joel Ruddinger -- The Isis trilogy / Harry Edwin Eiss -- Young adult achievers: three stories of science fair projects / Margaret Best and Susann deVries -- Outer space, inner worlds: science fiction and the adolescent imagination / Sally Sugarman -- Let them read books! / Alethea K. Helbig -- The evolution of public education in China since Confucius / Jerry Loving |
| Summary |
This book offers a multifaceted approach to the world of young adults, everything from Ray Schrock's use of Walter Dean Myers' sports stories to discuss race relations and cultural politics to Joyce Litton's analysis of the highly popular Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Quartet. The cover illustration is done by Joel Rudinger based on his experiences with the Inuit where he learned many of their legends and myths, resulting in his own excellent work on Sedna, the creation goddess, a story f .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Young adult literature -- History and criticism
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Young adult literature -- Study and teaching
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Children's -- Teenage fiction & true stories.
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Educational material.
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Science fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Young adult literature
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Young adult literature -- Study and teaching
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eiss, Harry Edwin
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| ISBN |
9781443804936 |
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1443804932 |
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9781443807326 |
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144380732X |
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