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Telling the real story: diversity in young adult literature

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThere is renewed debate around the lack of honest representations of diversity in Young Adult books. Melanie Holtsman

There’s a conversation gaining momentum in Australia about the lack of diversity in Young Adult (YA) and children’s literature. It’s been inspired in part by debate in the US, which many critics date back to a...

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