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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Young Adult Literature: Let It Be Hope by Kristen Downey Randle
- Source: English Journal, Volume 90, Issue And Language for All, Mar 2001, p. 125 - 130
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- 01 Mar 2001
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Abstract
Argues against using literature with high school students that is relentlessly dark, depressing, and self absorbed, which English instructors often find Deeply Significant, and which many students find repulsive. Argues that what many young readers want now is a literature of hope. Recommends 20 such books. Offers brief descriptions of 10 new or overlooked young adult books.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English