Book chapter
Words and Worlds: Responding to TFiOS
Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media, p.116
University of Iowa Press
11/15/2020
Abstract
John’s rise as a contemporary novelist and media figure, a favorite of readers and viewers alike, both parallels and plays a role in the changing dynamics of contemporary reading. A brief history of his story could begin in 2006, when his first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the American Library Association’s seventh Printz Award for young adult literature.¹ Numerous publications praised the novel, and reviewers compared it to classics like The Catcher in the Rye.² It was a contender for the annual Los Angeles Times book prize, as well as making other lists of notable titles and, in the years
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Words and Worlds: Responding to TFiOS
- Creators
- Jennifer Burek Pierce
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media, p.116
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/15/2020
- Academic Unit
- Library and Information Science; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984003012402771
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