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  • July 2008
    • Anne of Green Gables, at 100, Goes Legit

      Anne of Green Gables, at 100, Goes Legit

      (Newser) - Impetuous redheaded orphan Anne of Green Gables got the biggest gift of all on her 100th birthday: Official introduction into the literary canon. The Modern Library will issue a centennial edition of the first book in the series of eight. Some scholars bristle at the decision to place Anne alongside Huck Finn and Anna Karenina, dubbing the novels sentimental and their readers nostalgic, but Meghan O’Rourke comes to her defense on Slate. More »

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      book   literature   Canon   young adult   young adult novel

  • December 2007
    • Hornby Seeks YA Audience

      Hornby Seeks YA Audience

      (Newser) - Nick Hornby, the British novelist best known for High Fidelity and About a Boy, is temporarily shucking characters who refuse to grow up for characters who really aren't grown up. Hornby's first young adult novel, Slam, is about a teen who gets his girlfriend pregnant and talks his problems over with his poster of skateboard legend Tony Hawk. More »

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      literature   Tony Hawk   young adult novel

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