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Peer reviewedHughes-Hassell, Sandra; Guild, Sandy L. – ALAN Review, 2002
Uses 14 novels to illustrate 9 characteristics that exemplify the best young adult novels written about urban youth. Notes that the novels were chosen because in their characters, their settings, and the problems that drive their plots, they respond honestly and with understanding to the needs of urban teens to read about people "just like" them.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Identification (Psychology), Novels
