Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Societal Issues

by Pamela S. Carroll

Book Overview

Teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults who work with adolescents must recognize that our society influences who teenagers are and how they develop as language users. This unique resource provides guidance to these professionals by pairing literacy specialists with counselors who introduce information about social issues important to today's adolescents. These experts then explore literature in which issues such as: body image, sexuality,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313305269
• ISBN13: 9780313305269
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"