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Peer reviewedCrompton, John – Children's Literature in Education, 1980
An author of books for reluctant adolescent readers discusses his style of writing and explores some of the issues--personal, sociological, and political--raised by the aspirations of teachers for more and better reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedNimon, Maureen – Children's Literature in Education, 1987
Suggests that L.T. Meade, a writer of books for adolescent girls in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, shifted from writing pious and didactic novels to novels that challenged the traditional role of women, in order to meet the continually changing interests and needs of her readers. (JC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Boarding Schools, Characterization
