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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Young adult literature
		The boundaries between children's literature, adult literature, and YA literature are often flexible and loosely defined.
		The first identification of young adults as a group that needed to be addressed and taught was by Sarah Trimmer in 1802, who described "young adulthood" as lasting from ages 14 to 21.
		Young adult literature is often thought of as a great abyss between the wonderfully exciting and engaging materials for children and those for adults--just as young adults are often ignored in planning library facilities and services.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Young-adult-literature (3623 words)

	Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
		Many who teach children's literature dismiss this work as being that of those who have little sense of the child for whom the literature was created and even less for the practical problems of bringing that child and the literature together.
		What teachers need is a continuing dialogue grounded in the theory and research of both literature and teaching that is focused on the particular problems of the field of children's literature.
		Literature is, first of all, to be experienced, to be enjoyed, to be appreciated, to be loved.
	scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander (1169 words)

	Responding to Young Adult Literature
		The question comes from a young participant in a university/community English festival who, after engaging in an activity centered on young adult literature, cannot understand why this type of activity must be relegated to "extracurricular" status.
		For part of our reluctance to approve young adult literature may be that, as author Chris Crutcher points out in the forward, we have not learned to respect adolescence, neither our own nor the experiences of adolescents we teach.
		Adults Respond to Young Adult Literature," also deals with adult responses to the literature outside of the secondary classroom setting, showing why it indeed may be a genre "worthy" of the classroom.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ALAN/fall96/f96-10-Carico.html (1031 words)

	Nathan Bransford: Young Adult Literature Stock Alert: Buy Buy Buy
		There were young adult titles then, but it seems classic lit is usually readable by young people, even if they miss all the innuendos.
		And if you are looking in the adult sections, you find big fat novels you haven't time to read, novels that are part X of a series (yup, I read fantasy and SF), and novels that are aimed at the current trend of wall-to-wall sex.
		But for me, when I was in 5th and 6th grade, I read young adult, and in 7th and 8th grade, I read adult romance, and in high school, I read adult horror, sci-fi, and fantasy novels.
	nathanbransford.blogspot.com /2007/03/young-adult-literature-stock-alert-buy.html (2680 words)

	Young adult literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The boundaries between children's literature, adult literature, and YA literature are often flexible and loosely defined.
		The first identification of young adults as a group that needed to be addressed and taught was by Sarah Trimmer in 1802, who described "young adulthood" as lasting from ages 14 to 21.
		The blooming of YA literature in the U.S. in the late 1960s may be attributed, at least in part, to the availability of Title II funds for school libraries under the 1965 Elementary and Secondary School Educational Act.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Young_adult_literature (1429 words)

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		YAL is also frequently described as coming-of-age novels that tell of a young person's first experiences, be it love, death or adult choices and responsibilities.
		It appears that YAL continues to keep pace with teen culture and is on the pulse of what is happening in their lives and society in general.
		A further indication of the growth of Australian YAL is the Cross Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction awarded by the State Library of Victoria.
	www.alia.org.au /publishing/orana/39.1/owen.html (4128 words)

	Middle School Journal - Young Adult Literature as the Centerpiece of an Anti-Bullying Program in Middle School
		If students are able to identify common pleasures and pains, and hopes and fears encountered in literature, and if they are able to reflect upon and write about these phenomena, their emotional growth can be affected.
		Developmentally appropriate literature that addresses the topic of bullying is a critical component of a program to combat this problem.
		Fortunately, there are many young adult stories that deal with bullies and their victims.
	www.nmsa.org /Publications/MiddleSchoolJournal/Articles/November2006/Article3/tabid/1093/Default.aspx (3328 words)

	Vandergrift's YA Literature Page
		With greater freedom in both content and form, young adult literature is moving into a closer connection with adult literature, and fluent readers in this age group may read primarily adult books.
		Often, however, what is perceived as knowledge or maturity is only at a surface level, and young readers need a great deal of time for the distancing and reflection possible through literature.
		Develop a materials collection for young adults which includes all appropriate formats, using a broad range of selection sources.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html (778 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Young Adult Literature
		Young adult literature has only begun to meet the challenge of educating its audience to the dangers and problems associated with AIDS.
		Despite the limitations of young adult fiction (including its failure to offer realistic settings and to create well-developed characters) and its tendency to perpetuate stereotypes about gay men and lesbians, the field contains several titles that are well worth reading and sharing with young people.
		Taken in the aggregate, young adult gay and lesbian literature can be best regarded as a world of promise and possibility with a huge agenda ahead.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/young_adult_lit,3.html (1019 words)

	Dogs in Young Adult Literature
		A 1995 study concluded that pets hold a significant place in the lives of young adults between the ages of 12 and 17.
		Of pet owners, 64% of young adults say that their pet is extremely or very important to them, and the importance levels are highest for dog and cat owners (Siegel 223).
		Though teens do not list dogs as their primary reading interests, the dog is present in young adult literature, and the dog is a suitable and viable subject that can interest both those teens who wish to read about dogs and those who are just looking for a good book.
	ils.unc.edu /dpr/other/dogsyalit/index.html (2189 words)

	History of Young Adult Literature
		It is certainly true that for a number of reasons young adults are generally most responsive to contemporary narratives.
		And of course the argument can and has been made that with some classics of YA literature, the word craft and the literary merit is so great that to not introduce these books to young adults would be doing them a disservice.
		Young adults can engage in critical analysis of literature (and that they can enjoy doing so) if they are provided with the necessary background and rhetoric.
	faculty.salisbury.edu /~elbond/409w4.htm (2716 words)

	Children's and Young Adult Literature
		The children's and young adult books are shelved according to Library of Congress call numbers in a separate collection on the ninth floor of the library at the far end of the stacks to the left of the stairwell exit.
		Secondary source materials written about children's and young adult literature are found in books and articles addressed to teachers, students, librarians, and parents.
		Includes essays on theoretical and critical approaches to children's literature; types and genres of children's literature; book publishing and design; and the nature of children's literature in select countries and regions of the world.
	www.library.kent.edu /page/10620 (2053 words)

	English 394: Young Adult Literature
		We will make critical evaluations of the literature, explore a broad range of young adult literature, investigate strategies for encouraging student reading, and consider how young adult literature can be use d to promote both life-long reading and critical thinking.
		Young adult literature is usually given the birth date of 1968 with the advent of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.
		Shabanu, a young girl of Pakistan, must decide whether to follow the tradition of the arranged marriage established by her family o r the independence she feels in her heart.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~dniday/394syllabuss99.html (3309 words)

	English Education - Young Adult Literature Program
		Archetypes give us an effective means to communicate about literature with young people – without having to preach or teach a moral.
		Young people do not like feeling powerless, so this archetype is commonly found in children’s and adolescent literature.
		The Friend is a common archetype in children’s and young adult literature.
	www.asu.edu /clas/english/englished/yalit/helpwanted/literary.htm (650 words)

	Exploring Prejudice in Young Adult Literature ...
		But these matters are difficult ones, fraught with the potential to unleash prejudices inherited by the young from their elders.
		When using drama to deal with a powerful issue such as racial prejudice, students should first start with an activity that provides them with a situation drawn from their own lives that relates to, or is analogous to the issue.
		Students should never be forced to "perform." Forced performance is not theatre; theatre is a way to respond to and explore the lives, situations, struggles, and decisions of young people as portrayed in the best of young adult literature.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ALAN/spring95/Bontempo.html (2613 words)

	Young Adult Literature
		While the use of such cognitive estrangement in a work of young adult literature can allow for the handling and discussion of "delicate" or difficult topics, it can also contribute to a destructive or debilitating attitude towards those topics.
		Over the last several decades, the young adult literature industry has produced an increasing number of novels that deal more blatantly with teen sexuality.
		The ideological assertion that young women and LGBT teens should expect and, moreover, accept exploitation as a somehow normal part of their sexuality is troublesome and such literary representations should be deconstructed to reveal the inherent inequality in sexual power relations in these ostensibly libratory explorations of teen sexuality in young adult literature.
	www.uiowa.edu /~mmla/abstracts2006/YoungAdultLit.htm (704 words)

	Childrens Literature Young Adult
		Poetry, Poesy, Lyricism - Especially for teens and young adults, an introduction to the experience of lyric poetry and lyricism.
		Young Adult Librarian's Help/Homepage - Literature - Short list of young adult literature pages and other areas of reading interest to.
		Young Adult Literature - A set of links to Young Adult Literature resources compiled by Michael Pate, Reference Librarian at the Sebring Public Library, and Jim Rhodes, Instructional Resource Specialist at Polk Community College.
	www.ability.org.uk /childrens_literature_young_adult.html (360 words)

	Censorship & Young Adult Literature - Associated Content
		A young reader should never be made to feel that what he/she is reading is simply fodder for them to devour until they are apt enough to handle “true literature.” This could be disastrous, discouraging the reader from reading entirely.
		To begin with, young adult literature possesses the same literary elements that are present in adult novels.
		This is evident in the literal plot events as well as in Billie Joe’s metaphorical rise from the hardships she endures as a child of the depression in the Dust Bowl.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/20323/censorship_young_adult_literature.html (464 words)

	Young Adult Children's Literature
		Poetry, Poesy, Lyricism- Especially for teens and young adults, an introduction to the experience of lyric poetry and lyricism.
		Reading Online: Focus on Young Adult Literature- Annotated list intended to provide a representative sample of the sorts of resources in YA literature that are available on the WWW.
		Young Adult Librarian's Help/Homepage:Literature- Short list of young adult literature pages and other areas of reading interest too.
	www.teach-nology.com /teachers/child_lit/young_adult (214 words)

	Young Adult Literature Resources
		Because the print and electronic resources for young adult literature are fairly extensive, the resources listed below represent starting places for your research and do not constitute a definitive list.
		Periodicals (journals and magazines) vary widely in their coverage of young adult literature, but usually offer critical analyses, author studies, reviews, book talks, awards information, and much more.
		Critical discussions of young adult literature take many forms and are frequently collected into reference resources such as the following.
	www.tarleton.edu /~library/yalit.html (1715 words)

	Defining Young Adult Literature
		The state of teenage dependency on adults is an artifact of modern life; as the Pinskers note: “Until the nineteenth century, children labored in the fields alongside their parents.
		A better distinction might be that YA literature (what we might call “true” YA literature) is that which addresses the particular issues of adolescence, and which usually features adolescent protagonists.
		Of particular interest in the study of young adult literature is the way in which adolescents are presented to themselves – what kind of experience does the novel posit is “typical” of this age?
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/YAintro.html (1016 words)

	Owens Library Middle School & Young Adult Literature WWW Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		View short biographies of many young adult (YA) authors and a listing of their works at this Web site.
		A good page for someone seeking information on young adult literature, such as booklists, awards and projects, conferences and events, professional resources, young adult Web sites and state and local young adult news.
		A brief trivia quiz is provided regarding young adults and conflict along with the answers to the quiz.
	www.nwmissouri.edu /library/courses/education2/youth.htm (736 words)

	English 112B: Young Adult Literature
		This course will trace the social and cultural forces which have shaped the development of young adult literature and of a diverse and influential youth culture.
		This course will introduce you to the history, forms and functions of literature for young adults, as well as provide you with a variety of critical tools for reading, discussing, and writing about literary as well as pedagogical discourses.
		Our survey of young adult literature will include both classic and popular texts, including discussion of film and television, as both have a profound influence not only on books for youth but on the very ways that young adults read books.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/csigler/112BFall99.html (922 words)

	Teaching Young Adult Literature in the Classroom (grades 6-12) - Home
		Participants will extend their knowledge of the culture of the teen-age reader, genres of literature and increase their ability to evaluate, select, and use young adult literature as an integral part of the classroom and library media center curriculum.
		Analyze the role of young adult literature in the development of a young adult's world view and the development of a role as a life-long reader.
		Knowledge of young adult literature will contribute to the ability to select appropriate texts and reading material to meet the twelve basic Standards for the English Language (on a national level).
	www.uwstout.edu /soe/profdev/yalit (1043 words)

	UW Libraries - Children's and Young Adult Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This page is designed as a starting point for research in the fields of children's and young adult literature.
		Good source for scholarship on uses of literature in the classroom, children's librarianship, and multicultural literature.
		Limit location to "Children's Literature" to find children's and young adult books, or to "Special Collections" to search for historical (pre-1900) children's titles.
	www.lib.washington.edu /subject/Childrens (410 words)

	Children's & Young Adult Literature
		The subdivision, juvenile literature, may be used to identify children’s and young adult titles in many subject disciplines.
		Books written for children and young adults are located on the 1st floor (lower level) in the Juvenile Literature Collection.
		Books that provide historical or critical analysis of juvenile literature are generally shelved in the PN 1009 section of the general collection.
	bullpup.lib.unca.edu /library/rr/childlit.html (1499 words)

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