Annotated Bibliography On Young Adult Literature

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Ashley Gough Young Adult Literature Sister Soper Annotated Bibliography Gurdon, Cox Meghan. "Darkness Too Visible." Wall Street Journal on the Web 4 June 2011. Web. 26 April 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038 In the article, Darkness Too Visible, Meghan Cox Gurdon claims that Young Adult books are becoming much too inappropriate for the age group the literature is meant for, especially in regards to dearth and suicide among young adults. The article begins with an example of a mother looking around at a bookstore for a new book that her 13 year old daughter might be interested in reading, as she is browsing around the Young Adult literature section of the bookstore she came to It seems as though this issue is getting swept under the rug in every other aspect of the young adult readers life expect by way of books, thus influencing me to want to read more young adult literature about death because I want to be able to relate to the readers that I come in contact with. Because this article really allowed me to see the benefits of death in young adult literature, I am better equipped to not only defend novels about death and I have a greater understanding of what the positive impacts are of the books but to share the importance of this concept to others who might not agree that this topic is appropriate for the young adult age group. Understanding the importance of death in young adult literature can also serve as a great tool in the class room because I will be able to understand what a child is going through and how I can help. I know that reading literature does to change death itself but it does however, provide an escape for the reader and allows them to be changed through the text that they choose to indulge themselves After reading this article I have a much more clear understanding of why writers continue to write about death and choose to ignore negative criticism about their literary works, this article moved me in such a way that I not only support the topic of death in young adult literature, but I appreciate it more because it is solely created for the happiness of the reader and not the approval of anyone who is not in the targeted audience. As I have read this article, I now have a much different perspective of death young adult literature, which helps me to pass the message forward to other readers who have trouble with the concept of death in young adult literature. This article was a wonderful representation of how these controversial topics can be misunderstood, as so eloquently stated in the article, authors of these controversial books are not trying to fill readers minds with negative thoughts, but rather fill them with hope as the come to terms with death in their own lives. This article can be used in many ways within the class room, the biggest way that I would use this article would be for concerned parents who are trying to come to terms with their children reading about controversial

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