Nancy Farmer
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Mei-Yu Lu
Literacy Specialist
Alphabetically arranged listing of bibliographies
Categorically arranged listing of bibliographies
Internet Sites
Novel Guide: The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm
"Resthaven" by Nancy Farmer, A Reader's Theatre
A Girl Named Disaster: Activities
Nancy Farmer Profile
Online Discussion Groups/Listservs
Book Discussion Groups for Kids
Mailing Lists Related to Children's Literature
Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: EJ632256
AU: Brock-Servais,-Rhonda
TI: Intracultural Travel or Adventures at Home in "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm."
PY: 2001
SO: Children's-Literature-in-Education; v32 n3 p155-65 Sep 2001.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Cultural-Differences; *Cultural-Pluralism; *Empathy-; *Science-Fiction
DER: Elementary-Education; Literary-Criticism
AB: Examines the child protagonists of "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" as they move within their own culture. Concludes that what could be a novel of understanding and acceptance turns out to be a terrific adventure story, but rather typical in that any culture that is not the protagonist's own is dangerous and inferior. (SG)
AN: EJ617806
AU: Smith,-Vicky
TI: Are There Seats at the Round Table?: An Examination of Black Characters in Heroic Fantasy.
PY: 2000
SO: New-Advocate; v13 n4 p333-45 Fall 2000.
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *Black-Stereotypes; *Characterization-; *Childrens-Literature; *Fantasy-
DER: Black-Youth; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Racial-Bias; Reading-Material-Selection; Reading-Materials; Reading-Research
AB: Examines whether Black characters in four children's or young adult quest fantasy novels are viable, three-dimensional characters, and whether the race of the author affects their portrayal. Discusses why there are so few Black characters in fantasy novels. Argues that publishers must seek out and publish quality fantasy manuscripts that feature Black protagonists because young readers deserve them. (SR)
AN: ED441246
AU: Johnston,-Ingrid; Mangat,-Jyoti
TI: (Dis)Located Readers? High School Students Responding to African Fiction.
PY: 2000
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 24-28, 2000).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED441246
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *African-Culture; *African-Literature; *Literary-Devices; *Novels-; *Student-Attitudes
DER: Attitude-Measures; Audience-Awareness; Comparative-Analysis; Foreign-Countries; Grade-11; High-School-Students; High-Schools; Reading-Material-Selection
AB: A study explored whether high school readers respond significantly differently to African novels in which unfamiliar cultural elements are presented "aggressively" than to those with an "assimilative" presentation of unfamiliar cultural elements. The three novels are set in Africa: Nancy Farmer's "A Girl Named Disaster," Buchi Emecheta's "The Bride Price," and Richard Rive's "'Buckingham Palace' District Six." Two of the authors (Emecheta and Rive) write from their own experiences of living within a particular African culture, and one (Farmer) explicitly translates an African culture that is outside of her experience. Participants, eleventh-grade students from a mainly white, middle-class Canadian suburb, had few life experiences to bring to these African texts, and the assumption was that they would consider themselves "dislocated" readers of these works. Students did a blind reading of the first chapters of the novels and responded in writing to questions of language, voice, and cultural translation, commented on the intended audience, and speculated on the possible relationship of the author to the culture being described. Of the 25 students in the class, 23 suggested that Farmer's book was intended for young adults in Western countries, supporting their opinion with references to the way language is used in the text. Almost all students commented on a contrast in tone and intent between Emecheta's and Farmer's novels, suggesting that the tone of Emecheta's novel was "richer" and "more complex." Rive's novel was recognized as having been written by an insider to a culture--South Africa. Students appeared most satisfied with the texts in which the unfamiliar culture was presented as "normal" and not translated for them. (NKA)
AN: EJ521406
AU: Beers,-Kylene; Lesesne,-Teri
TI: On the Breath of a Cloud (Young Adult Literature).
PY: 1996
JN: English-Journal; v85 n3 p96-100 Mar 1996
AV: UMI
NT: Theme: The Universe of Literature.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Fantasy-; *Literature-Appreciation; *Science-Fiction
AB: Argues that students of all ages respond to the mystery, possibility, and adventure of science fiction and fantasy and should not be discouraged from reading in these genres under the pretense that they are "less grown up" than more "realistic" genres.
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