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Ah tom... (Reply to this comment)
by Greatpilgrim
...it's good to be reading your reviews again :)
I love books like this, probably because I love making lists myself and could make plans all day long of books I *intend* to read (how many of them actually get read is another matter altogether). I had a question for you - when was this book published? How recent are the selections recommended in it? I find that a balanced diet of new and older YA literature is the most satisfying blend...
Another thing that set me wondering in your review...we know what the author thinks of "issue novels"...what do YOU think? Personally, as someone only a year removed from teenagehood, I feel that reducing a young person's repertoire of reading material to books about "sex, drugs, race, and other sundry topics" to be unduly confining, and would leave out some of the best novels ever written. I mean, there are a lot of universal concepts and resonating themes across the spectrum of YA fiction, but I'm almost a bit insulted (not by you, of course!) to think that YA lit now HAS to include a trendy hot-button "issue" to make it relevant. Sigh....what is the world coming to?
Write on, friend.
Victoria
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Jan 29 '08
8:17 pm PST
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Re: Ah tom... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54,  in Books
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hey there Gp/Victoria...
you said...
" ...it's good to be reading your reviews again :)"
You make that sound like _I_ am the one that has been absent . . . ...:minism:...
The Eps 'View Details' states (and Amazon confirms) a published date of February 2007. The lists of authors and books seem quite recent to me.
you said...
"I find that a balanced diet of new and older YA literature is the most satisfying blend..."
Author Blasingame actually promotes the idea of pairing 'new' YA literature with older works to draw readers into the classics. While Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet can be a daunting 'read', pairing it with the recent work Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper can help readers make connections between the two that will help them understand the messages found in this classic work and others.
you said...
"But I'm almost a bit insulted (not by you, of course!) to think that YA lit now HAS to include a trendy hot-button 'issue' to make it relevant."
Exactly . . .no young reader has a 'normal' life without a 'hot-button issue' consuming their psyche and every waking moment..?? They can not just be 'kids' anymore..??
Hey . . .thanks for the interesting and thought-provoking comment..!!
...tom...
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Jan 30 '08
5:30 pm PST
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