Mixed Heritage In Young Adult Literature (Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810859696 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Nancy Thalia Reynolds is the author of numerous articles and books on parenting, education, culture, and travel, including Adopting Your Child (1993).
Paula C Lowe said Outstanding Review of Literature and Culture!. Nancy Thalia Reynolds is thorough! Whatever writing she takes on -- fiction, travel, cultural phenomenon -- you can count on a deeply considered and accurately constructed book. MIXED HERITAGE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE takes on real issues for real characters, not just multiculturalism as an abstraction. One of my favorite middle-grade fiction authors, Karen Hesse, is best known for her Newberry-award-winning, OUT OF THE DUST. Reynolds draws our attention to another of her books written in verse, ALEUTIAN SPARROW("Outstanding Review of Literature and Culture!" according to Paula C Lowe. Nancy Thalia Reynolds is thorough! Whatever writing she takes on -- fiction, travel, cultural phenomenon -- you can count on a deeply considered and accurately constructed book. MIXED HERITAGE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE takes on real issues for real characters, not just multiculturalism as an abstraction. One of my favorite middle-grade fiction authors, Karen Hesse, is best known for her Newberry-award-winning, OUT OF THE DUST. Reynolds draws our attention to another of her books written in verse, ALEUTIAN SPARROW(200Outstanding Review of Literature and Culture! Nancy Thalia Reynolds is thorough! Whatever writing she takes on -- fiction, travel, cultural phenomenon -- you can count on a deeply considered and accurately constructed book. MIXED HERITAGE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE takes on real issues for real characters, not just multiculturalism as an abstraction. One of my favorite middle-grade fiction authors, Karen Hesse, is best known for her Newberry-award-winning, OUT OF THE DUST. Reynolds draws our attention to another of her books written in verse, ALEUTIAN SPARROW(2003) and as Reynolds visits the pages of th. ) and as Reynolds visits the pages of th. 00Outstanding Review of Literature and Culture! Nancy Thalia Reynolds is thorough! Whatever writing she takes on -- fiction, travel, cultural phenomenon -- you can count on a deeply considered and accurately constructed book. MIXED HERITAGE IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE takes on real issues for real characters, not just multiculturalism as an abstraction. One of my favorite middle-grade fiction authors, Karen Hesse, is best known for her Newberry-award-winning, OUT OF THE DUST. Reynolds draws our attention to another of her books written in verse, ALEUTIAN SPARROW(2003) and as Reynolds visits the pages of th. ) and as Reynolds visits the pages of th
In this book teachers will find new tools to approach race, ethnicity, and family heritage in literature and in the classroom. It opens up the discussion of young-adult racial and ethnic identity in literature to recognize—and focus on—those whose heritage straddles boundaries. Mixed-heritage people are one of the fastest-growing groups in the United States, yet culturally they have been largely invisible, especially in young adult literature. Following an introduction to the topic, author Nancy Thalia Reynolds examines the portrayal of mixed-heritage characters in literar
(American Reference Books Annual, May 2009)Reynold's work is a critical investigation of the often-unexamined topic of mixed heritage characters in adolescent literature.Broad in scope, Reynold's analysis covers a variety of 'multiculti' categories and offers an array of texts to support her claims. She clearly takes young adult literature seriously and seems personally invested in the serious study of the multivariate topics and texts included here.Reynold's work is thorough, important, and highly usable. (VOYA, June / July 2009) . Superb.This work is highly recommended for curriculum labs and public and college and university libraries