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This seminar examines current images in the popular press of adolescents in crisis and explores recent research on the transitions and challenges faced by today's youth. Participants read coming of age literature and discuss how these texts can be used to engage students in the language arts classroom. During our time together, we will examine modern and contemporary portrayals of adolescents and explore several collaborative social media and online technologies which these millennial children use in their private and academic lives.

Feel free to post questions and comments below that you would like us to address or cover this week:

__What kinds of issues would YOU like to talk about this upcoming week?__

 * Books for boys
 * Books that are not about vampires
 * Funny books
 * Why is so much Young Adult Literature "dark" and death-ridden?