ALAN v25n3 - Table of Contents

Volume 25, Number 3
Spring 1998


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

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


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.

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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

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