Daughters Making Sense of African American Literature in Out-of-School Zones by Melvette Melvin-Davis
This article considers the value of young adult literature in the literacy development of adolescents. Her account of an out-of-school reading group for adolescent African American girls illustrates the capacity such spaces have to provide young African American women with opportunities for self-refection, critical inquiry, and personal development, opportunities that may not exist within the…