Tagged: young adult literature


Hunger: Does it Justify the Means

September 27, 2012

Dr. Wendy Glenn, associate professor of English education at the Neag School of Education and young adult literature expert, gives a review of the book “The Hunger Games” for the French newspaper, Le Monde. Below is her review.   The Hunger Games series has become so successful among both teens and adults given both the […]


A Teacher at Heart

May 31, 2012

Wendy Glenn says there are two reasons she will always be a teacher at heart, even though today she is also a Fulbright Scholar, an expert in young adult literature, and associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the Neag School of Education. “Iʼve always loved books; Iʼve always loved writing,” says Glenn. “The second […]