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ERIC Number: EJ540639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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Today's Teens, Their Problems, and Their Literature: Revisiting G. Robert Carlsen's "Books and the Teenage Reader" Thirty Years Later.
Carroll, Pamela Sissi
English Journal, v86 n3 p25-34 Mar 1997
Revisits G. Robert Carlsen's call for the use of young adult literature in the classroom by looking specifically at the emotional and reading needs of older adolescents, those in the upper grades. Discusses problems associated with adolescence in the late twentieth century and lists recommended young adult books that touch on those issues. (TB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Depression (Psychology), Drug Abuse, Emotional Problems, High School Students, Homosexuality, Parents, Poverty, Secondary Education, Self Concept, Student Interests, Student Needs, Suicide
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Young Adult Literature.