http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-81191 What’s up with urban fiction? « Urban Fiction/Street Lit for Teens Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:39 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/#comment-81191 [...] http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/ [...] [...] http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/ [...]

]]> http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-51645 Dave Pelzer Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:13:31 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/#comment-51645 I sincerely question why A Child Called It has such an audience in our society. What is it about us that revels in detailed violence? I sincerely question why A Child Called It has such an audience in our society. What is it about us that revels in detailed violence?

]]> http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-38258 Teen Urban Fiction « Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:10:13 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/10/15/real-world-teen-fiction/#comment-38258 [...] Last month, Boston Citypaper questioned whether Young Adult Fiction really presents the voices of young, urban, and black readers (The Invisibles).  These young people suffer from what amounts to literary invisibility — they cannot see themselves in the books that are printed. Why are these…books so popular?  For one, they examine racism, poverty, violence and love from the eyes of teens, as many teens experience it.  but the reading habits, tastes and moods of teens are as complex as those of adults — they read to learn, to feel less alone and to be entertained.  Some read to see their worlds reflected, others to be transported from the safety of their own. (from Book Group Buzz blog entry: Real World, Teen Fiction) [...] [...] Last month, Boston Citypaper questioned whether Young Adult Fiction really presents the voices of young, urban, and black readers (The Invisibles).  These young people suffer from what amounts to literary invisibility — they cannot see themselves in the books that are printed. Why are these…books so popular?  For one, they examine racism, poverty, violence and love from the eyes of teens, as many teens experience it.  but the reading habits, tastes and moods of teens are as complex as those of adults — they read to learn, to feel less alone and to be entertained.  Some read to see their worlds reflected, others to be transported from the safety of their own. (from Book Group Buzz blog entry: Real World, Teen Fiction) [...]

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