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Category Archives: Critical

Farah Mendlesohn at Green College, March 11, 2016

March 23, 2016by Janet 1 Comment

The Rhetorics of Fantasy and the Rhetorics of Social Justice That is the title of the talk Farah Mendlesohn, Professor and Head of Department in the Department of English, Communication, Film […]

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Bookish Events, Critical, Fantasy, High fantasy, Racism, Social Issues

Watch the Film?: Meditation on Adaptation (The Maze Runner)

September 14, 2015by stephiedror 21 Comments

I am what you would call an advocate for the book. I remember once noting this to a professor who asked me why I thought that film was a lesser media […]

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Adaptations, Critical, Discussion, Dystopian, Film Review, This Month's Theme

Why We Read

June 3, 2015by Nafiza 5 Comments

There are perhaps no days of our childhood so fully lived as those we spent with a favourite book. -:-Marcel Proust-:- The theme for this month at The Book Wars […]

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Critical, Discussion

Realistic Stories: The Next Big Thing?

November 17, 2014by stephiedror 1 Comment

I’m often asked – whether while working at Kaleidoscope or at conferences or in general conversation – what’s the next big thing going to be in children’s and young adult literature? […]

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bookshelves, Critical, Discussion, Diversity, Reading Lists, Realistic Fiction, This Month's Theme, Young Adult

Chocolate and Honey: Disenfranchised Teachers and Children in Harry Potter and Matilda

September 19, 2014by Yash 10 Comments

Today’s September School Stories post is from guest contributor Jaquelin Elliott. Not only has she covered for me this Friday, but she has also written up a great post that fits the […]

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Critical, Discussion, Guest Post

Crossover Readers: When Adults Read Children’s Literature

May 7, 2014by Nafiza 27 Comments

Before I begin this article, let me state that all the regular contributors and writers at The Book Wars are either children’s literature specialists or are working towards becoming children’s […]

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Critical, Discussion

The Friendship Dilemma

February 19, 2014by Nafiza 15 Comments

Dearest Reader, As this month’s theme is love, I bring to you a post about friendship, a platonic love but still love, a topic that YA novels do not consider in […]

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Critical, Discussion, Friendship

Romance or Dystopia? A Rumination…

February 10, 2014by stephiedror 9 Comments

War. Death. Despair. Oppression. Environmental ruin and… Romance? When it comes to demoralizing literature, dystopian novels have it all, and that’s why we love them! However, more recently, as in […]

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Critical, Dystopian, Love Triangle, This Month's Theme, Young Adult

Food in Utopia and Dystopia: A-Musing

December 30, 2013by stephiedror 3 Comments

Food. It’s just one of those things that is either taken for granted, or isn’t. It is a basic necessity, at the very bottom of Maslow’s triangle (with water and […]

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Critical, Dystopian, Film Review, Food, Uncategorized

The Importance of Motivation: Why the Giver sent Jonas to his doom

November 25, 2013by stephiedror 5 Comments

NOTE** this is a guest post I wrote for Rate Your Story an awesome blog for aspiring writers :) I sat down and read Lois Lowry’s Newbery award winning The Giver […]

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Banned Books, Critical, Dystopian

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