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The age between:, personal reflections on youth fiction, Aiden Chambers

Label
The age between:, personal reflections on youth fiction, Aiden Chambers
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The age between:
Responsibility statement
Aiden Chambers
Sub title
personal reflections on youth fiction
Summary
This series of essays explores the history and form of classic texts such as J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Anne Frank’s Diary, and Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War. Chambers also examines his own fascinating experiences of reading and writing youth fiction, weaving these together with fresh insights from narrative theory, anthropology and neurology. The book includes a lively discussion between the author and Dr Deborah Cogan Thacker. Chambers is well known for his young adult fiction and critical writings on the craft of fiction, publishing, and young people reading
Table Of Contents
Beginnings and History-- Defining Youth and Youth literature -- Narrative Strategies -- Closure

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