ALAN v25n3 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents

From the Editors
Patricia Kelly and Robert Small

Acceptance Speech for the 1997 ALAN Award
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.1
Mildred Taylor

At the 1997 ALAN Breakfast, Mildred Taylor's cousins, Sharon B. Taylor and Sonia Taylor, read these thought-provoking words of thanks for the award.

The Problem Novel in a Conservative Age
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.2
A. C. LeMieux

The author of The TV Guidance Counselor and other novels considers both the writing of and current attacks on YA problem novels.

Japanese and Japanese American Youth in Literature
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.3
Connie S. Zitlow and Lois Stover

These authors explore the wealth of literature by and about Japan and Japanese Americans, present a structure for a literature unit, and annotate both works of literature and reference and teaching materials.

A Bridge to Whose Future? Young Adult Literature and the Asian American Teenager
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.4
Peter E. Morgan

Writer examines YA novels with Asian American main characters who rebel against the traditional culture of parents.

The Young Adult Novels of Michael Dorris
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.5
Jim Charles

Charles explores Dorris' depiction of the American Indian adolescent experience.

Drowning in Dichotomy:
Interpreting The Drowning of Stephan Jones
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.6
Patrick K. Finnessy

Finnessy presents a negative critique of the Betty Greene novel.

Inclusion Literature:
A Resource Lisiting
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.7
Sharon Andrews

A teacher educator makes the case for the use of literature about characters with disabilities and provides an extensive list of such works.

Eating Disorders:
A Recollection and a Review of Some Relevant Young Adult Fiction
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.8
Elizabeth M. Myers

Using her own experiences with eating disorders, Myers looks at several YA novels that treat the problem.

The Portrayal of Obese Adolescents
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.9
Rachel Beineke

Beineke takes a personal approach to the lives of overweight teenagers and suggests some YA novels that explore such lives.

Capital Punishment for Juveniles:
Albert French's Billy
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.10
Sonja Darlington

Darlington analyzes French's exploration of this country's use of capital punishment for young criminals and the underlying causes of Billy's execution.

AN APPROACH TO TEACHING

Not for Wimps! Using Drama To Enrich the Reading of YA Literature
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.11
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Drama, Wilhelm maintains, should pervade the activities that students carry out with and about the literature they read.

A REVIEW ESSAY

Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.12
Barbara FoulksBoyd

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ALAN Connection

THE BOOK CONNECTION
Gary Salvner, editor

THE DIVERSITY CONNECTION
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.13
Eileen I. Oliver, editor

THE PUBLISHER CONNECTION
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v25i3.a.14
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
CO-EDITORS Patricia P. Kelly Virginia Tech	undefined Robert C. Small, Jr. Radford University
CO-EDITORS COLUMN EDITORS
CO-EDITORS The Publisher Connection M. Jerry Weiss Jersey City State College	undefined The Book Connection Gary M. Salvner Youngstown State University
CO-EDITORS The Membership Connection Chris Crowe Brigham Young University	undefined The Research Connection Pamela Sissi Carroll Florida State University
CO-EDITORS The Censorship Connection Nancy McCracken Kent State University	undefined The Diversity Connection Eileen Oliver Washington State University
CO-EDITORS The Retrospective Connection Teri S. Lesesne Sam Houston State University	undefined The Trivia Connection Jim Brewbaker Columbus State College, Georgia
CO-EDITORS EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
CO-EDITORS Hugh Agee University of Georgia	undefined James E. Davis Ohio University
CO-EDITORS Sally Hellman Community College of Southern Nevada	undefined Norma J. Livo University of Colorado at Denver
CO-EDITORS Al Muller East Carolina University	undefined Carole Williams Mehlville School District
CO-EDITORS OFFICERS
CO-EDITORS President: Lois Stover St. Mary's College, Maryland	undefined Immediate Past President: Gary M. Salvner Youngstown State University
CO-EDITORS President-elect: Joan Kaywell University of South Florida	undefined Executive Secretary: Theodore W. Hipple University of Tennessee
CO-EDITORS DIRECTORS
CO-EDITORS Kylene Beers Houston, Texas	undefined Pamela Sissi Carroll Florida State University
CO-EDITORS Michael Cart Los Angeles, California	undefined Ted Fabiano Blue Valley Northwest HS, Kansas
CO-EDITORS Sara Herz Westport, Connecticut	undefined Rita Karr Sykesville Middle School, Maryland
CO-EDITORS Terry Ley Auburn University	undefined Bill Mollineaux Sedgwick MS, West Hartford, CT
CO-EDITORS Suzanne Reid Emory & Henry College, Virginia

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