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Abrahamson,
Richard F. “Back to the Future with Adult Books for
the Teenage Reader.” Journal of Youth Services in
Libraries. 11.4 (378-87) summer 1998.
Abrahamson makes the argument that “if we truly cared about creating
lifetime readers we wouldn’t be talking about either young
adult books or adult books, we’d be discussing the need to
use both.”
Anderson,
Hephzibah. “Not Just for Nostalgics: Twentysomethings
are Reading Crossover Novels” Guardian Unlimited.
October 24, 2004 accessed online 12 Apr 2005 @
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http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/childrenandteens/0,6121,1334547,00.html>
describes the growing market for crossover titles along with half
a dozen titles that go both ways.
Bruinius,
Harry. “Why ‘grown-up’ authors are now
writing for kids.” Christian Science Monitor.
Oct 7, 2002. accessed online 12 Apr 2005 @
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1007/p01s04-ussc.html>
Using Harry Potter as an example, Bruinius asserts that “Now,
writers and publishers all through the land are trying to make books
for children – books that grown-ups might like too.”
Cart,
Michael. “Carte Blanche: what is Young-Adult Literature?”
Booklist. 101.8 (Dec 15, 2004).
In an attempt to define crossover novels, Cart explains the features of these books
including: being written by young authors, often as first novels; the protagonists
may be teens or in their twenties; coming of age or rite-of-passage
issues drive their plots; and they are published as adult novels.
Carter,
Betty. “Alex: The Why and the How.”
BookList. 99.15 (1389) Apr, 2003.
Discusses Margaret Edwards contribution to YAs, the Alex Award,
and the conversation that adult books represent in adolescents lives.
Also discusses review resources.
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“Adult Books for Young Adults.” English
Journal. 86.3 (63-67) Mar 1997.
Discusses how librarians should find and select adult books for
teens with an in-depth article that sheds light on the marketing
element of where books end up in bookstores and on library shelves.
Includes a significant list of the characteristics
of adult books that crossover.
FitzGerald,
Frances. “The Influence of Anxiety.”
Harper’s. 309 (62-64, 66-70) Summer 2004.
Discusses where books appear in libraries, suggesting that booksellers
and librarians are the gatekeepers to YA literature.
Gale,
David. “What Teens are Reading: A Publisher’s
Perspective.” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries.
13.1 (9-12) Fall 1999.
Gale laments that school reading lists often don’t include contemporary
books, and that YA titles often “get a short shrift”
in bookstores and libraries.
Susan
Ludington. “Crossing the Great Divide: Adult Books
for Teens, Teen Books for Adults” OLA Annual conference
(Eugene, OR) summer 2004 accessed online 12 Apr 2005 @
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http://www.olaweb.org/oyan/summer04newsletter.htm>
Article opens with book reviews then discusses adult books with teen protagonists.
Also includes a bibliography of great books for teens.
Mooney,
Bel. “Writing Through the Ages” The Times [London] 28 Aug. 2002: Features 2:17.
Mooney cites Bruno Bettelheim to remind us that many stories will
be enjoyed by adults and young people alike and describes classic
and current titles to make her point.
Weeks,
Linton. “Books That May Make Parents Blush:Fiction
Aimed at Teens Features Grown-Up Themes.” Washington
Post, March 11, 2001; accessed online 12 Apr 2005 @
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A52148-2001Mar10¬Found=true>
Weeks describes the controversy surrounding many young adult titles
and questions relating to “the suitability of these books
for the audience.” Many feel YA titles contain too much sex
and violence and are “too laden with sorrow and pain for young
minds and hearts.” Naming them “straddle books,”
marketing is blamed as the most significant factor in determining
where they are shelved in libraries and bookstores.
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