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The YA Literature Rant and Rail

June 8, 2011 - 11:25am — Closed Stacks

I’m not sure what angers me more about the recent article by Meghan Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal about the coarseness, violence, and overall lack of quality in young adult books today: her insistence that any books that give teens a look at reality is bad for them or can even promote destructive and infectious behavior, or the list of “Books We Can Recommend for Young Adult Readers” on the side of article, broken down into books for boys and girls.

Full article: http://www.closedstacks.com/?p=3336

Young Adults

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June 9, 2011 - 2:36pm — SafeLibraries

What Meghan Cox Gurdon Would Say to Closed Stacks

What Meghan Cox Gurdon would say is, well, go see for yourself:

"False Censorship Claims Exposed by WSJ Author Attacked for Exposing Truth About Young Adult Books; Meghan Cox Gurdon Decries Incomplete and Uninformative Book Reviews"

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June 10, 2011 - 4:12pm — Anonymous

putting the lollerskates back on...

SpinLibraries to the rescue.

Oops, I meant Safe.

No, I mean Spin.

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June 9, 2011 - 11:09pm — SafeLibraries

Meghan Cox Gurdon Interviewed

Meghan Cox Gurdon has been interviewed. A link to the interview was added to my blog post linked above.

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