blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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The following is my response to an article at She Writes. I was able to edit my off-the-cuff post here though that doesn't mean this piece is error-free.Let me open by saying I'm a vocal, very active literacy advocate and I focus on YA literature. I founded and ran a real life group for teens as ...
It's Culture, Not Morality
insidehighered.com 2/13/2009 — What if academics have been fighting the wrong war against plagiarism? What if it's not even a war? In new book, anthropologist doesn't argue for you to drop standards, but she challenges longstanding strategies.
Twilight and Young Adult Books
sparksflyup.com 4/16/2009 — Just the one question today. Anonymous writes: Q. (I hope this doesn't come off as insulting, because I'm a fan of yours...) I've noted that you sometimes make off-handed remarks about Stephenie Meyer's books -- Edward/his grating perfection/ etc.. ...
Reviews of Young Adult Literature
royalreads.com 5/11/2009 — Even though the war between the faeries and humans ended 20 years ago, there is still evidence all around of its effects...murderous trees for example. Between that and Liza's mother leaving, Liza's father Ian has become positively terrifying in his ...
Young Adult Book Challenge
booknaround.blogspot.com 7/10/2009 — In my own inimitable fashion, I read about this Young Adult Book Challenge way back in January on J. Kaye's Book Blog and decided on the spot to participate. I also decided that I'd put off signing up officially until some later date which seemed doomed never to come. But stumbling on it again ...
Am I too old for "young adult"? Are you?
3rsblog.com 9/23/2009 — One thing that surprised me when I began reading more and more book blogs is how many bloggers were regularly talking about books classified as "young adult" - and I wasn't reading book blogs written by teens (although there are plenty of those around). Most of the readers and bloggers were ...
Reinventing Morality
wfs.org 1/4/2009 — Evolutionary biology and neuroscience are adding to our understanding of a historically unscientific area. By Patrick Tucker Senior Editor Morality may be something different for everyone; it may be the set of rules handed down by God to Moses on ...
Discovering Children's And Young Adult Literature: Listservs
yzocaet.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — Last week, I posted about how new readers of children's and young adult books can find out about print reviews. This week, let's talk about listservs.
Blogs and websites are not the only place people talk about children's and young adult ...
Young Adult Appreciation Month – Guest post: a Chat with The Story Siren
thebooksmugglers.com 8/10/2009 — For our Young Adult Appreciation Month, we invited a few bloggers to guest post about Young Adult books. This week’s guest is Kristi, from The Story Siren blog, whom we chatted with about her YA reading. The Story Siren is a great YA blog with reviews interviews and the great “ Books to Pine ...
Adults Reading Young Adult Books
debbiesworldofbooks.com 6/25/2009 — I have a confession to make…some of you may have already noticed this but…I love reading young adult books even though my teenage years are far behind me and I just turned the big 3-0. With my friends and co-workers I often feel strange telling them about the books I read because ...
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