Why is Adolescent Literature important?
The value of adolescent literature is that it helps adolescents make sense of the issues and concerns they are facing during a critical time of development. In particular, adolescent literature:
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Provides a safe haven to accrue experience of the real world. Reading, a non-threatening and open-ended medium, empowers students to empathize, consider, and recognize a broad range of circumstances, actions, and the consequences of these actions. Yet they do not have to face directly the repercussions of risks.
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Helps them discover their unique place in the world and find out who they are.
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Gives them models that help them deal with problems they face daily. Troubled adolescents may often find books that speak to them and help them sort through their own problems.
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