Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013)
Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face. In A. Waller (Ed.), Melvin Burgess, (81-97). Palgrave Macmillan
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“Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2012)
“Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance. In C. Ní Bhroin, & P. Kennon (Eds.), What do we tell the children? : critical essays on children's literature, (182-195). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This chapter discusses the ways in which the young adult author, Melvin Burgess, engages with the theme of surveillance. It will focus on his 2006 novel, Sara's Face, arguing...
Annotated bibliography of utopian and dystopian children's fiction
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Hintz, C., Ostry, E., Sambell, K. & Totaro, R. C. N. (2002)
Annotated bibliography of utopian and dystopian children's fiction. In Hintz, C. & Ostry, E. (Eds.). Utopian and dystopian writing for children and young adults, 200-231. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). ISBN 9780415940177, 0415940176
This volume examines a variety of utopian writing for children from the 18th century to the present day, defining and exploring this new genre in the field of children's liter...