Are YA Novelists Morally Obligated To Offer Their Readers Hope?.

Ritter, John H.

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ERIC Number: EJ671227

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Are YA Novelists Morally Obligated To Offer Their Readers Hope?

Ritter, John H.

ALAN Review, v30 n3 p8-13 Spr-Sum 2003

Presents a letter from a sixth-grade student to the author and presents his response letter which are found in a compilation of author/reader correspondence called "Letters of Hope." Discusses the role of the storyteller and considers if writers of young adult literature feel an obligation to provide hope for their readers. (SG)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reader Text Relationship, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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