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The original Blob Tree was created in the early 1980s [2] by Pip Wilson and Ian Long as a way of communicating with young people and adults who found reading difficult. [ 3 ] The Blob Tree collection consists of a set of illustrations of blob figures in various poses and expressions, each representing a different emotion or feeling . [ 4 ]
In his book Emotions: Mystery or Madness, psychologist and psychiatrist Robert John McAllister highly recommended Help at Any Cost, and called it "an excellent and informative book on the subject of the 'troubled-teen industry' ", and "important reading for any parent who is considering sending a teenager to a tough love program, a boot camp ...
In discrete emotion theory, all humans are thought to have an innate set of basic emotions that are cross-culturally recognizable.These basic emotions are described as "discrete" because they are believed to be distinguishable by an individual's facial expression and biological processes. [1]
The American Library Association's (ALA) Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommended list of books presented yearly by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division. It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended ...
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story) is a young adult/middle grade autobiographical novel [1] by Daniel Nayeri, published August 25, 2020 by Levine Querido.In 2021, the book won the Michael L. Printz Award, [2] Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, [3] and Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature.
Luna is the first young adult novel to feature a transgender character, aside from Carol Plum-Ucci's What Happened to Lani Garver in which the main character may possibly be perceived as transgender. Peters introduced the idea that a transgender person may not be an extreme form of homosexuality as one may have previously thought.
Code Orange is a 2005 young adult novel by Caroline B. Cooney. The novel won a National Science Teachers Association recommendation and has been frequently used in classrooms. [1] [2] [3] The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy also marked the book as one of their Young Adults' Choices for 2007. [4]
The book landed on the ALA's Top 10 Most Challenged Books lists in 2012, 2017, and 2018. [16] Ultimately, it became the third-most challenged book between 2010 and 2019. [17] The book has been challenged because it addresses teen suicide, is sexually explicit, includes drugs, alcohol, and smoking, and is considered unsuitable for the age group ...