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A lot is being made of the ways women are empowered in YA texts: women are fighting, leading, and generally kicking a lot more ass than traditional readers might expect in today’s books. You’d think this is an exciting time for educators to highlight strong women in these books.
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Garcia, A. (2013). Gender and Sexuality and YA. In: Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-398-0_5
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