CARTE BLANCHE.

Literary criticism; Young adult literature; Young adult fiction; Outsiders, The (Book : Hinton); Hinton, S. E., 1948-; Edwards, Margaret Alexander

The author talks about the celebration of the golden anniversary of young adult (YA) literature which came into existence in 1967. Topics include the publication of S. E. Hinton's modern classic "The Outsiders" in 1967, the pronouncement by patron saint of young adult librarians Margaret Alexander Edwards about the dawn of the modern teenage story, and the campaign against the unreality and vapidity that had defined previously teen fiction.