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Campbell's Scoop
Reflections on Young Adult Literature
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2010
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At the request of her many fans, Patty Campbell, editor of the Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature series, has selected some of her best essays, articles, columns, and speeches in Campbell's Scoop. These pieces define the boundaries between children's and adult literature and review the trends, censorship, problems, and glories of the genre. Other essays reflect on some concerns and interests of young adult literature as it has matured: the verse novel, ambivalent endings, violence, the sometimes dubious value of awards and honor lists, the graphic novel, and the difficulties of the genre's recent overwhelming success. A section titled "Inside ALA" looks at the author's many years of service to that organization with, among other pieces, a firsthand look at the Best Books committee at work and a report of her attempt to unite booksellers and librarians in common cause.
Many of these selections show the idiosyncratic wit and passion that have made Campbell's column a favorite with Horn Book readers: an exploration of the meaning of the glut of YA novels with death as a theme or character; an indignant denunciation of the fictional abuse of animals; a snarky analysis of "chick lit;" and a technical review from the belly-dancing critic of a YA novel featuring that ancient art. On a more serious note, Campbell pleads for what she calls "Godsearch" in books for teens and pays tribute to her late friend Robert Cormier. Without question, the essays in Campbell's Scoop provide readers with the unique insights of an advocate who is passionate about young adult literature and its future.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-7293-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7294-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
246
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Foreword No access
Introduction No access
The Outsiders, Fat Freddy, and Me: A Librarian’s Memoir No access
A (Not So) Short History of YA Lit No access
Twayne and Scarecrow: An Editor’s Memoir No access
Drowning in Success No access
YA Lit and the Deathly Fellows No access
So What Really Happened? No access
Vetting the Verse Novel No access
The Death of Animals No access
The Lit of Chick Lit No access
Middle Muddle No access
Our Side of the Fence No access
Smash/Crash/Slash No access
A Loving Farewell to Robert Cormier No access
Researching YA in the Elysian Fields No access
The Gift of The Giver No access
Monster as Radical Change No access
The Last Cormier No access
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale No access
Whaam! in Paris No access
The Pottymouth Paradox No access
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad . . . ? No access
Perplexing Censorship in Germany No access
Visiting Dubrovnik Public No access
The Not-So-Smart Alex No access
Blood on the Table: Looking at Best Booking No access
Prizes and Paradoxes No access
Bookstores and Libraries: Common Concerns No access
Godsearch No access
Wrestling with God No access
Shooting at the Library No access
Visiting Francesca No access
The Belly Dancing Critic No access
Reality and Fiction at the Reichenbach Falls No access
Ending the Perplex No access
Appendix: Twayne’s Young Adult Author Series No access Pages 223 - 224
