Young adult post-disaster fiction is more concerned with how we survive than understanding the causes of disaster. We can read it to explore our fears, responses and our capacity to adapt.
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Books where loving someone from the other side of the tracks is about better understanding ourselves and the world we live in.
A children’s literature professor recommends some of her favourite books for high school kids.
Here’s a bumper crop of thought-provoking and engaging novels for enquiring minds.
An English professor says educators should use “Speak” – an often banned novel about sexual assault – to engage young people about the topic.
Gothic fiction has become the ideal genre for exploring the grotesque, frightening aspects of coming of age. And disruptive girls with supernatural powers have replaced the passive heroines of old.
Female protagonists in young adult fiction are unlikely heroines who embrace their flaws. But when it comes to diversity, they are still largely white and middle class.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
Death used to happen off the page in kids’ books, but not anymore. They kill each other in The Hunger Games, and 13 Reasons Why graphically describes the impact of teen suicide.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first in the phenomenally successful series, turns 20 this month. Despite criticism of their status as ‘literature’, the books remain a magical experience for children.
The Melling sisters — like Alcott’s March sisters and Austen’s Bennetts — are four girls who become women during the course of Robin Klein’s trilogy of novels. The Sky in Silver Lace is the most bittersweet of the three.
The young adult novel “Eleanor & Park” is a frequent target for book challengers. But swears and sex aside, there’s something deeply subversive – and important – about this controversial book.
A book about drug addiction and prostitution aimed at ‘young adults’ was a very daring thing 20 years ago.
Young adult fiction has been having a much needed conversation around diversity. In 2015 we saw this discussion bear fruit, as a new crop of diverse, absorbing and powerful stories sprang up.
Sex is part of young people’s lives. So how do we teach young authors to navigate tricky narrative waters when they write about it?
‘I knew and counted Terry among my friends, and I watched Alzheimer’s slowly and insidiously strip him of attributes and faculty.’ So what can we make of his final Discworld novel, published posthumously?
Debate about the lack of diversity in young adult literature isn’t new, but thanks to recent campaigns such as We Need Diverse Books, there’s renewed focus on why diversity in literature is crucial.
There are many similarities between blockbusting young adult novels such as The Hunger Games series and Australian books such as Taronga – but there are also clear differences in their messages for the young.
“Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the English syllabus was made up of books that students love?” Australian author Melina Marchetta’s novels have won her many devoted fans and she’s passionate about engaging young people with literature.
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
Principales colaboradores
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Online Course Facilitator, UniSA Online, Digital Media and Communication, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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PhD Candidate and Academic Sessional, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Monash University
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Associate Professor of English; Program Coordinator, 6-9 and 9-12 licensure programs in English, Meredith College
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing, University of Winchester
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Academic Sessional, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Maine at Augusta
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor (Law School), The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Children's and Adolescent Literature, Queensland University of Technology
