Freaked: Riding the Train to Freedom with Author J. T. Dutton

• Published in: The ALAN review Vol. 37; no. 3; p. 79
• Main Author: Miller, Jennifer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Youngstown Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent Literature; Audiences; Bootlegging; Core curriculum; Creative writing; Fiction; Garcia, Jerry; Historical fiction; Language arts; Literary Genres; Musical performances; Novellas; Novels; Parent Influence; Personality; Social Behavior; World Views; Writing; Writing Assignments; Writing Exercises; Writing Instruction; Young adults; New York; United States > US; Alaska
• DOI: 10.21061/alan.v37i3.a.12
• ISSN: 1547-741X; 0882-2840

[...]he doesn't necessarily need to diminish them, so neither do I, the writer, but that's the trope that we see: the parents are somehow less important to the purpose of things. The truth is there are millions of teenage boys out there who like to smoke pot. There are all these books out tfiere about African American or Hispanic boys living in the city doing drugs and being tough. Jennifer Miller is an associate professor of Education at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, where she is the coordinator of the Middle Childhood Education program and the Director of Assessment.