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First person narration is commonplace in young adult literature. Many awardwinning titles—for example, Sherman Alexie’s (2007) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999), and Feed by M. T. Anderson (2002), among others—are written in this particular narrative mode. Some argue that the prevalence of this narration and the popularity of young adult literature have established first person as the preferred technique (Schuhmann, 1999, p. 314).
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Brewster, H. (2014). “She has no Idea. The Effect she can have”. In: Connors, S.P. (eds) The Politics of Panem. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-806-0_11
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