ALAN v24n3 - Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 From the Editors
Robert Small and Patricia Kelly2 In the Beginning Was the . . .
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.1
Richard PeckNoted writer discusses the importance of words and suggests ways in which teachers can improve their students' vocabularies.5 On the Question of Integrating Young Adult Literature into the Mainstream
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.2
Terry DavisUsing his own novels and those of Crutcher, writer Terry Davis considers the harm that is sometimes done to literature labeled YA.10 An Adult Reads Chris Crutcher
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.3
Susannah ShefferAn analysis of two of Crutcher's novels reveals complex teenage and adult characters who represent his view of both evil and good.12 Re-inventing What Our Lives Give Us: Conversations with Paul Janeczko - Poet, Anthologist, and Teacher
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.4 Patricia L. Bloem and Anthony MannaJaneczko discusses the art of creating poetry anthologies and the art of reading and teaching poetry.17 Finding Your Way Home: Orphan Stories in Young Adult Literature
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.5
Dirk P. MattsonNorthrop Frye's stages of the orphan as literary archetype are applied to four YA novels.22 Into the Woods Again: Three Recent Young Adult Novels of Parental Abandonment
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.6
Gail MundeNovels by Hermes, Thesman, and Sebestyen tell a modern version of the Hansel and Gretel story.36 Emerging into Independence: The Self and the Culture in Lesley Beake's Song of Be
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.7
Stephenie YearwoodBeake's novel presents a culture very different from that of young readers in this country but recounts growth and development in many ways similar.40 Opening Texts: Student Writing Based on "Priscilla and the Wimps"
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.8 Gwen McAlpine, Dawn Putney, and Janice Warren" Dependent authorship" can be effective both in teaching writing and in promoting careful reading.42 Acting Up across the Curriculum: Using Creative Dramatics To Explore Adolescent Literature
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.9
Jeffrey KaplanKaplan explores acting in the lives of teens and proposes many ways of using it in the reading of literature.A REVIEW ESSAY
47 A Review of From Hinton to Hamlet by Sarah K. Herz and Donald R. Gallo
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.10
Joyce L. GrahamTHE PUBLISHER CONNECTION
51 Scott O'Dell Award Acceptance Speech
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.11
Katherine PatersonALAN Connection
27 The Book Connection , Virginia Monseau and Gary Salvner, editors
46 The Trivia Connection , James Brewbaker, editor
48 The Diversity Connection
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.12 , Eileen Oliver, editor51 The Publisher Connection , M. Jerry Weiss, editor
53 The Library Connection
https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v24i3.a.13 , Betty Carter, editor57 The Membership Connection , Chris Crowe, editor
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.
CO-EDITORS
Patricia P. Kelly
Virginia Tech
Robert C. Small, Jr.
Radford University
COLUMN EDITORS
The Library Connection
Betty Carter
Texas Woman's University
The Publisher Connection
M. Jerry Weiss
Jersey City State College
The Book Connection
Virginia Monseau and Gary 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 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:
Gary Salvner
Youngstown State University
Immediate Past President:
Arthea "Charlie" Reed
Asheville, North Carolina
President-elect:
Lois Stover
St. Mary College, Maryland
Executive Secretary:
Theodore W. Hipple
University of Tennessee
DIRECTORS
Kylene Beers
Houston, Texas
Pamela Sissi Carroll
Florida State University
Chris Crowe
Brigham Young University
Ted Fabiano
Blue Valley Northwest HS, Kansas
Rita Karr
Sykesville Middle School, Maryland
Terry Ley
Auburn University
Suzanne Reid
Emory & Henry College, Virginia
Ann Wilder
Southern High School, Durham, NC
Connie Zitlow
Ohio Wesleyan University
ISSN: 0882-2840