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Youth literature, written for adolescents but adored by adults. Let me start with a fun fact. According to Ferguson (2019), 39% of youth literature is sold to adults, that’s wild! According to Jasper Rees (2003), adults love youth literature because of escapism and the feeling of freedom. The naïve part of these stories makes themContinue reading “Blog 1 – Reading biography”

For this week’s blog, I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Although this is a popular novel, the public might only recognize the title because of the film adaptation, which was directed by Tim Burton. Not that it matters, but in my opinion, the book outshines the movie. Therefore, I will elaborate on howContinue reading “Blog 4 – The search for identity, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”

In my teenage years, I must have read this book a thousand times. The first time, when I was around 9 years old. Back then, I truly admired the writer’s capability of transporting the reader into another realm, a fantasy world of flowers and adventures. For one second, I would think I really was insideContinue reading “Blog 3 – The age of innocence, The Secret Garden”

I read The Hunger Games for this week’s blog. This coming-of-age story is about Katniss Everdeen, a girl who lives in a dystopian world called Panem. As a result of a civil war, they divided the country into 12 districts and one Capital. Each district pays a commission to the Capital for protection. As aContinue reading “Blog 5 – Disillusion and disappointment, The Hunger Games”

“You’re my best friend … My best friend for life” (Boyne, 2008, p. 213) This week’s blog is about the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. A fictional Holocaust story about a forbidden friendship between Bruno and Shmuel in wartime Germany. Although they were both born on the same day, their lives appear toContinue reading “Blog 2 – Crossover, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”