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How female protagonists have changed – and stayed the same – in young adult fiction

  • Written by Kelly Roberts, Associate Professor of English; Program Coordinator, 6-9 and 9-12 licensure programs in English, Meredith College
How female protagonists have changed – and stayed the same – in young adult fictionFemale protagonists are forging a new way in contemporary young adult fiction.Workman Publishing

Strong female protagonists in young adult fiction are nothing new. From Nancy Drew to Annemarie Johansen – Lois Lowry’s selfless heroine in Holocaust-era “Number the Stars” – to a plucky young Lucy Pevensie in “The...

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