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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...
...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 lit...
...Their eyes lit up when we got to the rink,” said Smith, one of the counselors. “To see the kids excited and the parents excited was a great feeling for all of us. You know those experiences at a young age mean...
University administrators are gaining ground in their quest to make Harvard safer. But students, led by council President Mahan, want to open a new front in the war against sexual assault. And the battle ground is Cambridge Common, the poorly lit municipal green between Garden Street and Mass...
Though the Crimson’s seasoned veterans turned in their own fair share of offensive highlights, it was freshmen Caitlin Cahow and Liza Solley who lit the lamp first, and first-year Jennifer Sifers who pushed the game out of reach...