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Re: Sex and Sexuality in YA Lit- Andrew Smith
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From: Merri Lindgren <mlindgren_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:23:41 -0500
Wow -- not sure how all those question marks got inserted in that last post. I'm actually not feeling at all uncertain about /Grasshoppper Jungle/! Here it is again:
I'm also eager to hear reports of teen reader response to /Grasshopper Jungle/. Like Claudia and Monica, I loved this book, especially for the humor of Austin's voice -- including his obsessive thoughts of sex. While there was much I appreciated about Andrew Smith's earlier book
/Winger/, ultimately I found /Grasshopper Jungle/ to be more credible.
(I can't quite believe I'm saying that about a story featuring giant praying mantises bringing down human civilization as we know it!) I think that credibility was a product of what seemed like Austin's genuine teenage attitude toward his sexuality -- a mix of thoughtfulness, confusion, and fixation.
Merri
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:23:41 -0500
Wow -- not sure how all those question marks got inserted in that last post. I'm actually not feeling at all uncertain about /Grasshoppper Jungle/! Here it is again:
I'm also eager to hear reports of teen reader response to /Grasshopper Jungle/. Like Claudia and Monica, I loved this book, especially for the humor of Austin's voice -- including his obsessive thoughts of sex. While there was much I appreciated about Andrew Smith's earlier book
/Winger/, ultimately I found /Grasshopper Jungle/ to be more credible.
(I can't quite believe I'm saying that about a story featuring giant praying mantises bringing down human civilization as we know it!) I think that credibility was a product of what seemed like Austin's genuine teenage attitude toward his sexuality -- a mix of thoughtfulness, confusion, and fixation.
Merri
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School of Education / UW-Madison
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Received on Wed 12 Mar 2014 09:24:11 AM CDT
