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...cautionary tales about sex, drugs, divorce or delinquency, it's little wonder many young readers scurry off to the fantasy section instead. But one writer of teen fiction has proven herself both frank and frankly worth reading. Malorie Blackman's 2001 best seller Noughts and Crosses transcended the kid-lit clichés even as it staked out disputed new turf for youth fiction. Its 13-year-old black hero, Sephy, starts out French-kissing her 15-year-old white boyfriend, Callum; encounters racism, alcoholism, depression and suicide; and ends up pregnant and alone when Callum is hanged for terrorism...
...indignation. For example, Sephy's attempt to cut it as a singer in the noughts' underground music scene feels peripheral (and lyrically, she's no Eminem). But Blackman promises to end her bleak trilogy next year on a note of hope. What a nice, old-fashioned idea - especially for kid...
...late for me to undo my past. But I want above everything else to remember a young kid out there who may even be reading this now. I want to let him know that he doesn't have to choose between himself and his family anymore. I want him to know that his love has dignity, that he does indeed have a future as a full and equal part of the human race. Only marriage will do that. Only marriage can bring him home...
...always give special thought to [who you’ll pair a recruit with],” Murphy said. “I think when I first met Ryan he was a really quiet kid, a social kid in his own way. And Liam’s the same...
...Anything he undertakes—school, hockey, the charity work he does—he goes all out, all the time,” Smith continued. “He’s just that type of kid. You want him on your team, in your business. Anything you do in life, you want him on your side...