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Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature project miscommunication ' James West Davidson recountsThis examination of the literary effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research oriented perspective answers two key questions asked by many teachers and scholars in the field: Does young adult literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it worthy of close study? The treatment is both conceptual and pragmatic. Each chapter discusses a topical text set of YA novels in a conceptual frameworkhow these novels contribute to or