hi Chris,

At the teacher training programme run by the province of Buenos Aires we develop a module that is based on the production of teacher material one of the teachers wrote a comic for teens : Exit Light , she got her inspiration from Enter Sandman by Metallica, the comic became very popular with teens. I think it is a very appealing genre to teens. What do you think?

Hi Pilar & All

I think there is still a lot of prejudice towards young adult fiction, comics and graphic novels. They are not in the cannon and therefore, are not considered *proper literature*. I've seen many people looking down on Harry Potter, which I think is simply brilliant for a number of reasons. I'm not ashamed of saying that I really enjoyed the books and read all of them. I'm not saying that all young adult fiction is as literary rich as adult fiction, but it can be and it has its own merits. I think there is still a lot of intellectual snobbery around about it.

Cheers - Chris

Hi Chris,

The questions you have raised are very imporant.

- What makes good young adult fiction? Indeed, I can not postulate there is a clear cut answer to this question. However, if a sort of fiction appeals to the nature of the adolescent's utopias and dreams-not to say phantasms- , and if a fiction addresses the psychological needs and triggers the very active and vivid imaginary realm of young adults , I am sure ther would be a potential of young adult readership.

When I was adolescent I read 1001 Nights many times and never got bored! I also read Jabran Khalil Jabran's The Prophet  in both Arabic and English . The language , imagery and , above all, the themes of love, friendship and religion constituted a chimera I used to live in as an adolescent.

cheers

Hi Chris,

I am a senior in high school and inorder to graduate I have to write a thesis parer. I've chosen the topic "portrayal if wemon in teen literature. I was wondering if you know of any teen fiction or young adult fiction novels that have strong female characters. I am so happy to finally find someone who is talking about this topic, and I hope u can help me.

Hi munchie,

On behalf of Chris, who is not available these days, I am pleased to suggest to you some links from which you can have an idea about young adult fiction novels related to the topic of your paper.

http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter99/boreen.html

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter95/Nadeau.html

http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM8940.aspx

I hope you will find what you need ;)

Mostafa MOUHIBE-LMCS moderator