Exploding the Myths: The Truth About Teenagers and Reading: 4 - Rilegato

Aronson, Marc

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ISBN 10: 0810839040 ISBN 13: 9780810839045

Casa editrice: Scarecrow Pr, 2001

Riassunto

We are in the midst of the largest teenage population boom since the nineteen sixties, and all of the media are scrambling to reach this alert, savvy, wealthy, and self-conscious generation. But for authors, editors, parents, teachers, and librarians this large group of readers poses a series of special problems: what is too old, or too young for teenage eyes? Should there even be a literature for teenagers, or wouldn't they be better off skipping ahead to adult books? Do boys read at all? Can books offer moral instruction, role models, or guidance on the path to adulthood? Where do books fit into the ever-growing set of multimedia options that are this generation's birthright?

Marc Aronson, Ph.D. has won the LMP, the industry award for editing, and the Boston Globe Horn Book award for writing books for teenagers. Here, in a series of probing, innovative essays he marshals a decade of insights earned in practice as well as his knowledge as a scholar of publishing history, to pose and answer key questions about the true potential of young adult literature. As he revels in the passion of its readers he exposes the real problem with teenagers and reading: adult myths, projections, and blind prejudices. Exploding the Myths is a provocative book that will be necessary reading for everyone who deals with this burgeoning generation of readers.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Marc Aronson is Editorial Director and Vice-President of Non-Fiction Content Development at Carus Publishing company and has written widely on young adult literature.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Scarecrow Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810839040
• ISBN 13: 9780810839045
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 152
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile