Book description

Heather Scutter stresses the importance of educating critical readers, alert to the ways in which ideas and values are constructed. In Displaced Fictions she offers a new, challenging and iconoclastic analysis of contemporary Australian books for teenagers and young adults. Her lively and provocative text looks at the work of such writers as Gary Crew, Gillian Rubinstein, Nadia Wheatley, Isobelle Carmody, Paul Jennings, John Marsden, Morris Gleitzman and Sonya Hartnett. 

This passionate, humorous and - above all - committed book demonstrates the pressing need for greater scrutiny of the politics of young adult fiction. Displaced Fictions makes compelling reading for all parents, students, teachers, librarians and general readers.

About the Author

Dr. Heather Scutter lectures on children's literature in the English Department at Monash University.

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