Teens In YA Literature

The main reason for the banning of this novel is because of the profanity according to NCAC. NCAC states that this novel has " been challenged or banned due to objections to profanity." Therefore this novel should be banned from high schools and libraries. The use of profanity causes a sense of disproportion for the youthful minds reading this publication.

Intertwined within the novel is the presence of many different genres including letters, articles and magazine clippings, and pictures. At first sight there is the

     It is well known that books read by adolescents are somewhat inappropriate in certain ways such as language and the types of actions done by the characters. Some books consist of drugs, sex, and violence which obviously isn’t very appropriate nor does it consist of

The school board is not quite certain that schools should continue to include fiction in the curriculum. However, if fiction is taught to students it may actually teach life lessons. Fictional literature can change someone's perspective on, what problems we may come across. For instance, a fictional book can help us relate to all the controversial problems that do occur in today's society. I disagree with the school board's thoughts about completely banning it. This type of literature can deepen our knowledge and teach us about things that we don’t experience on a day to day basis.

According to the American Library Association (ALA), young adult novels are challenged with the best intentions. In most cases a parent will read a book that their child might be reading in class to find out if the book is hazardous to their child’s well-being. If the novel seems problematic, the parent then challenges the book. Even though the purpose of challenging a novel is to keep children from reading about issues that may not be seen as appropriate for their age group, censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver,

Edited by a well-educated, researcher of youth culture, this encyclopedia looks at several categories of adolescent research. Topics include identity and development, relationships, social contexts, and mental health. These are all important topics for YA librarians to research, as it provides insight into the average YA librarian’s user demographic, and would allow for more thoughtful programming, collection development, and overall YA services. While this source does tackle all aspects of adolescence, not just male culture, it is less relevant and modern, and less easily navigated/synthesized, making it the less applicable source for YA librarians.

The whole debate started when the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial written by Meghan Cox Gurdon where she described what she saw as a disturbing trend towards ‘darkness’ in young adult literature (Is Current). The article had a major backlash on Gurdon when people started to disagree and argue her statements, such as Maureen Johnson, author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes, who went to twitter to start the #YASaves (Young Adult) hashtag and getting thousands of replies within hours (Springen). Some people agreed with her statement, some of those people think that books should be banned from libraries so that their kids won’t read those books (Parents Challenge) Since the article, there have been many debates on the matter of books being appropriate for teen readers. I believe that young adult literature is not getting too dark for teen readers because the books help them face problems in their own lives, they make teens more aware of loss, and the stories show them that they are not alone in the issues they

Meghan Cox Gurdon’s article has many varying points of attack, while Sherman focuses all of his resources on one point; young adult (YA) literature isn’t detrimental. Gurdon contends the argument that youths being exposed to darker themes makes the themes less effective and ultimately undermines the intensity of the subjects, as well as spread them. She states this as “Self-destructive adolescent behaviors are observably infectious and have periods of vogue. That is not to discount the real suffering that some young people endure; it is an argument for taking care” (par. 13). Gurdon says young adult literature takes away a child’s innocence and negatively affects moral development (par. 6). In contrast, Sherman believes that YA books help people dealing with those troubles to overcome and accept them. He states, “... Does she believe that a YA novel about murder and rape will somehow schock a teenage

Teenagers in Fahrenheit 451 have better lives then teenagers in our own society. Teens in the book are free to pursue and do whatever they want to do that is unusual to our society today. They can crash cars and it's almost as if there brains don't work correctly and there robots which is definitely the futuristic way. School is a relaxed place, everything is stress free. There are no expectations and no grades to be yelled at by your parents. Yes, there might be suicides but that is because some people don't want to except life the way it is. Not everyone will always be happy with how they live, even in this society there are suicides because people aren't happy in there life. You can't always stop unhappiness. "Sometimes I even go

On the other hand, parents fear that reading this novel will give their children ideas to rebel against them, and consequently cause them to lose control of them. Ultimately, it is the counter-culture attitude and the distaste for any kind of authority that governs the novel that leads many to shy away from exposing the material to teenagers.

Crossing the threshold , they went throw the river to another land . The twins were born even though their mother was a priestess . The initiation of the hero-child they grew up with the shepherd after he found them from the she-wolf . The ordinary world , they lived the normal world . Meeting with the mentor the shepherd found them and teach them everything he knew .

Although these four pre-teens all come with their own physical and emotional misfortune, they stick together through out this journey in which flashbacks and personalities reveal the lives and

Social taboos have taken a decline over the years. Writers have developed their writing topics over the past years given that social subjects have changed. American literature has matured and become more known for the topics that are written about now compared to what they use to be. Writings that were written by many famous authors show the changes in literature over time.

The shows plot follows two themes that run parallel to each other throughout the scenes. “Conflict and Love”. Through death defying acrobatics, martial arts and various other incredible physical feats the cast of the show tell the story of Imperial twins who are separated during their youth. They must proceed through their own rite of passage of self-discovery.

The earlier governing Puritan faith perceived childhood to be a perilous period, and believed children to be inherently sinful; consequential of the 'fall ', which saw a widespread influential religious implication in literature of the time. Children 's literature was therefore geared toward the instruction of children, concerned with providing role models to instruct their behaviour, and was preoccupied with the notion of saving the child 's soul.