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From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:13 -0600
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention has been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in young adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some good laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be mixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's
"Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra Lazara Dole's "Down to the Bone."
Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we want your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their humor in recent years?
KT
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:13 -0600
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention has been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in young adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some good laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be mixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's
"Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra Lazara Dole's "Down to the Bone."
Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we want your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their humor in recent years?
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/Received on Mon 03 Nov 2008 05:08:13 PM CST
