Good fiction about domestic violence and sexual assualt is hard to find; a lot of what people write is either stereotypical or outright voyeuristic. Good YA fiction about those subjects is even harder to find. Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak–about a girl who is raped at a party and then ostracized by her classmates–has become a classic [...]
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Posted in YA, books, censorship, fiction, gender, tagged books, censorship, rage, sexism, violence against women on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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- Is very hungry and very tired of grad applications. Can't I just read Amelia Peabody mysteries until I die? 15 hours ago
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- Both my boys are fast asleep on the bed. This is so goddamn cute I need to go throw up in the corner. 1 day ago
- @firrantello Don't hate, but we got five inches. Aaaaand we had to drive back from coastal NC in it. 1 day ago
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