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The editors of The ALAN Review have announced the calls for manuscripts for the Winter 2010 and Summer 2010 issues.  If you would like to contribute to these issues please review the submission guidelines.
2010 Winter Theme: Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century: “Scattering Light” on Our Freedom to Think, See, and Imagine:
The theme of this issue asks us [...]

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The editorial team of The ALAN Review has released a call for manuscripts for the next two issues of the journal!  If you are interested in contributing to these upcoming issues, please refer to the submission guidelines posted on The ALAN Review page of ALAN Online.
2009 Fall Theme: Growing Up: Young Adult Literature Gaining Stature at [...]

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Steven Bickmore
Robert Cormier’s I am the Cheese changed how I viewed novels written for young adults. I realized that the characters, the plot, and the narrative structure of this novel were as sophisticated as most of the books I read as a college English major. The novel was a finely crafted piece of literature that [...]

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ALAN is seeking a new editor of The ALAN Review. The present coeditors, Lori Atkins Goodson and James Blasingame, will be resigning from the position after the Summer 2009 issue.  For more information, click here.

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