ALAN v25n1 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents

From the Editors
Patricia Kelly and Robert Small

Exploding the Literary Canon
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.1
Theodore Taylor

Author of many books for young readers, Taylor looks at the effects of "political correctness" on such books and their readers.

Fairy Tales, Myths, and Religious Stories
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.2
Donna Jo Napoli

A writer and teacher looks at what it means to be an outsider.

Aidan Chambers:
Monk, Writer, Critic
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.3
S. David Gill

The novels of Aidan Chambers reflect both his life and his challenging approaches to crafting a story.

Robert Newton Peck and Shaker Beliefs:
A Day the Truth Would Die
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.4
Michael Sullivan

Research contrasts the Shakers described in Peck's novel and actual Shaker beliefs and ways of life.

Betsy Byars:
Techniques and Themes
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.5
Judith Callaway-Schaefer

Betsy Byars' popular works for young readers have both weaknesses and strengths as literature.

Enchantress from the Stars:
Sylvia Louise Engdahl, Star Trek , and Science Fiction
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.6
Carol Littlejohn

Engdahl used her science fiction novels to present her philosophy of the link between today and the future.

Marsha Qualey:
"One writes what one would read."
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.7
Ronald Barron

Barron discusses the novels of Marsha Qualey and includes comments by her concerning her work.

Honoring Their Stories, Too:
Literature for Gay and Lesbian Teens
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.8
Michael Cart

Cart analyzes the depiction of gay and lesbian teens in YA literature.

Where Are the Mothers?
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.9
Aileen Miyuki Tsujimoto

Mothers seem either to be missing or maligned in many of the selections in school literature texts and in many children's and young adult stories and books.

A REVIEW ESSAY
Reel Conversations:
Reading Films with Young Adults
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.10
Thomas R. Wilson

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ALAN Connection

THE BOOK CONNECTION
Virginia Monseau and Gary Salvner, editors

THE TRIVIA CONNECTION
Jim Brewbaker, editor

Answers

THE RESEARCH CONNECTION
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.11
Pamela Sissi Carroll, editor

THE PUBLISHER CONNECTION
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.12
M. Jerry Weiss, editor

THE LIBRARY CONNECTION
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i1.a.13
M. Jerry Weiss, editor

THE MEMBERSHIP CONNECTION
Chris Crowe, editor

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Published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, National Council of Teachers of English, three times a year (fall, winter, spring). Member of NCTE Affiliate Information Exchange Agreement. Editorial offices are at the Office of the Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 24142. Printed by the Virginia Tech Printing Services. Cover Design by Ann Hardell, Blacksburg, Virginia. Cover Printing by Virginia Tech Printing Services.

Contributions of the following kind are solicited: Articles on YA literature and/or teaching of it; papers presented at meetings; abstracts of studies (dissertations included); summaries of surveys; reports from meetings, bibliographies on selected topics (YA books or professional articles).

Articles should usually be no more than twelve double-spaced typed pages and should be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope to which stamps are clipped. The author's name and affiliation should not appear on the manuscript. Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged promptly.

For more complete information on submitting manuscripts, send for Instructions for Authors, ALAN Review.

Subscription rates are $15 per year in the U.S. and $19 per (U.S. funds) in other countries. Membership applications and renewals should be sent to ALAN c/o NCTE, Attn. William Subick, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801. For information contact NCTE at 217/328-3870.

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CO-EDITORS
Patricia P. Kelly Virginia Tech	Robert C. Small, Jr. Radford University
COLUMN EDITORS
The Publisher Connection M. Jerry Weiss Jersey City State College	The Book Connection Gary M. Salvner Youngstown State University
The Membership Connection Chris Crowe Brigham Young University	The Research Connection Pamela Sissi Carroll Florida State University
The Censorship Connection Nancy McCracken Kent State University	The Diversity Connection Eileen Oliver Washington State University
The Retrospective Connection Teri S. Lesesne Sam Houston State University	The Trivia Connection Jim Brewbaker Columbus State College, Georgia
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Hugh Agee University of Georgia	James E. Davis Ohio University
Sally Hellman Community College of Southern Nevada	Norma J. Livo University of Colorado at Denver
Al Muller East Carolina University	Carole Williams Mehlville School District
OFFICERS
President: Lois Stover St. Mary's College, Maryland	Immediate Past President: Gary M. Salvner Youngstown State University
President-elect: Joan Kaywell University of South Florida	Executive Secretary: Theodore W. Hipple University of Tennessee
DIRECTORS
Kylene Beers Houston, Texas	Pamela Sissi Carroll Florida State University
Michael Cart Los Angeles, California	Ted Fabiano Blue Valley Northwest HS, Kansas
Sara Herz Westport, Connecticut	Rita Karr Sykesville Middle School, Maryland
Terry Ley Auburn University	Bill Mollineaux Sedgwick MS, West Hartford, CT
Suzanne Reid Emory & Henry College, Virginia