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Direct linkJackett, Mark – English Journal, 2007
"Speak," by Laurie Halse Anderson, is one of the most powerful young adult novels to come along in the past decade. It has won numerous awards, including the "School Library Journal" award for "Best Book of the Year," and was a National Book Award Finalist. Despite this acclaim, many English teachers are uncomfortable teaching "Speak" in their…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Novels, Social Problems, Language Arts
Pattee, Amy S. – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
Our criticism and evaluation of young adult literature is tempered not only by the scope of our knowledge of adolescent literature in general, but also by our notions of adolescence, itself. Adolescent literature that, in Michael Cart's terminology, "shatters the shibboleths" of adolescence and adolescent culture, has the potential to re-shape the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Realism
