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Bridgers, Sue Ellen – English Journal, 2000
Describes the author's experience writing a novel which she believed was a love story, but came to realize was a story about domestic violence. Argues for a strong role for young adult literature in examining the realities of abusive, confining relationships. Notes that young people have been helped in dealing with their own dilemmas by seeing…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Books, English Instruction