The Heart Has Its Reasons

Informationen zum Autor Michael Cart is a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association and the current President of the Assembly on Adolescent Literature of the National Council of Teachers of English. He teaches young adult literature at UCLA, he is the former head of the Beverly Hills Public Library, and the author of several books on children's and young adult literature, as well as a young adult novel, My Father's Scar, a gay coming-of-age story selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Christine A. Jenkins is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals to find positive role models in fiction either written or published expressly for them or - if published for adults - relevant to them and their lives. This book examines these issues and critically evaluates the body of literature published for young adults that offers homosexual themes and characters. Zusammenfassung Society does not make it easy for young people! regardless of their sexual orientation! to find accurate! nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals. This book examines these issues and evaluates the body of literature! published for young adults that offer homosexual themes and characters.

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Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals to find positive role models in fiction either written or published expressly for them or - if published for adults - relevant to them and their lives. This book examines these issues and critically evaluates the body of literature published for young adults that offers homosexual themes and characters.

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Part 1 Timeline of Events Relevant to GLBTQ Youth Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Give Us Faces Chapter 4 2. The 1970s: What Donovan Wrought Chapter 5 3. The 1980s: Annie on My Mind and Beyond Chapter 6 4. The 1990s: Was More Less? Chapter 7 5. A New Literature for a New Century? Chapter 8 6. What a Wonderful World? Some Final Thoughts Part 9 Appendix A: Model for GLBTQ Portrayals/Inclusion in YA Fiction Part 10 Appendix B: Bibliography of Secondary Sources Part 11 Appendix C: Young Adult Novels with GLBTQ Content, 1969-2004, Author/Title Bibliography with GLBTQ Portrayal, Inclusion and Narrative Role Part 12 Appendix D: Young Adult Fiction with GLBTQ Content, 1969-2004: A Chronological Bibliography Part 13 Index Part 14 About the Authors