Young Adult Literature and Adolescent Identity Across Cultures and Classrooms

1 Introduction: Identification, Actualization, or Education: Why Teach YA?, Janet Alsup

Part I: Who are the Teens Reading YA?

2 African American Young Adult Literature and Black Adolescent Identity: Developing a Sense of Self and

Society Through Narrative, Joy Dangora

3 Depictions of Chinese Americans in Young Adult Literature: American Born Chinese and Beyond,

Nai- Hua Kuo

4 Composing Themselves: The Discursive (De) Construction of Queer Identity in 6 Young Adult Novels,

James R. Gilligan

5 Teaching Through the Conflict: Examining the Value of Culturally Authentic Arabic Young Adult Literature, Nisreen Anati

6 Culture and Language: The Two Tongues of Mexican-American Young Adult Literature, William J. Broz and René Saldaña Jr.

Part II: Why Should Teachers Teach YA?

7 Developing the Moral Identity Through Young Adult Fantasy Literature, Aliel Cunningham

8 Beyond the Comics Page: Pedagogical Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Graphic Novels, Lisa Schade Eckert

9 Pedagogues and Demigods: Captivity, Pedagogy, and Young Adult Literature in an Age of Diminished Expectations, Jeff Spanke

10 Perspective Giving and Taking in the Secondary English Class: Considering the Case of Erin Gruwell, Jeanne Smith Muzzillo

Part III: Why Are Teens Reading YA?

11 The Appeal of Young Adult Literature in Late Adolescence: College Freshmen Read, Gail Zdilla

12 Female Reader Reading YA: Understanding Norman Holland's Identity Themes Thirty Years Later,

Janet Alsup