Facts and Fictions: Teen Pregnancy in Young Adult Literature
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چکیده
A lmost one million teenagers in the United States become pregnant each year (“Facts in Brief”), and these same teens’ ideas about sex and related matters are strongly influenced by the media. Young adult novels about teen pregnancy can speak to teens who “want to read about things that are interesting and true” (Donelson and Nilsen 87). These same teens also read young adult literature to “find out about themselves” (Donelson and Nilsen 42). For a teen who is dating, is considering dating, is pregnant, or whose friend is pregnant, young adult literature can be a method of receiving information and connecting with the experience. But can the way these experiences are being portrayed help teens form an accurate picture from them? Can teens, in fact, “find out about themselves” in the portrayal of teen pregnancy and parenthood in young adult novels?
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