Reading report on YA Literature

The interview was done over the internet by use of email. Barkdoll asked the author several questions about his background and how he came to choose young adults as his writing focus. It seems that Green’s inspiration stemmed from books he read as a young adult. He was very worried for the young adult audience which is why he wrote for them. The novel turned out to be quite a book because teachers were now including it in there curricular much to the authors delight. He was concerned that the book would go out of print because it would not have been popular enough. Although he didn’t think the novel would make it into a classroom setting because of the language content, he personally knew of some books with more advanced content that was being studied at school. Green thinks as long as he had an audience that responded to what he wrote this meant he was a good writer. Barkdoll asked how he felt about increasing interest in reading among the young adults and he was pleased he got them to think critically about what he wrote.

I tend to agree with Barkdoll when he says that students do not show interest in the literature presented in the classroom. Because student do not express an interest in reading the ‘literacy levels’ are actually dropping. The novel that John Green wrote was able to reach this young adult audience because they could have related to it. Even though most young people attend public schools the personality in the novel who attended boarding school still attracted them. Why? Because young people are the same anywhere and they face the same challenges.

I especially like the fact that Green was able to in cooperate into his novel morals what the young reader would find valuable. This was an important aspect that stood out for me about Green. The issue of culture is not to be ignored and Green was able to reach a multiethnic audience. This is because he placed the emphasis and empathy and not isolating different sectors of race or society. This is another challenge that authors of Young Adult novels have to face. Green was surprised when his book was chosen for classroom study because of its language content. But he did say he knew of other books that had more inappropriate content that was being used in the classroom. The article was an interesting one. It really showed the life of literature.