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Young adult literature and the test of time

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For young adult literature, a generation is not thirty years, but four or five. Books that last for several generations do so because of inherent qualities, including well-drawn characters, important themes intelligently explored, and richness of language. But they also survive because they are studied by researchers and used in college and school literature classes.

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  1. College of Education, University of Tennessee, 301 Claxton Education Building, 37996-3400, Knoxville, TN

    Ted Hipple

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Ted Hipple, a founder and past president of ALAN (the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English), currently serves that organization as its executive secretary. A professor of education at the University of Tennessee, Hipple has written widely about young adult literature.

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Hipple, T. Young adult literature and the test of time. Publishing Research Quarterly 8, 5–13 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680516

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