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Date Permissions Signed

5-13-2016

Date of Award

Spring 2016

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Johnson, Nancy J. (Nancy Jean)

Second Advisor

De la Paz, Oliver, 1972-

Third Advisor

Qualley, Donna J., 1952-

Abstract

This thesis is the beginning of a young adult novel that follows three teens through their final semester of high school in a small, working class town in the Midwest. The story explores universal questions of identity, agency, and community through the characters’ dealings with trauma, mental illness, and the general anxieties of growing up. The three teens’ voices interweave as their lives intersect, and the secrets they aim to keep become harder and harder to hide. The accompanying critical preface examines the importance of strong voice and the recent trend toward multiple narrator storytelling within the field of young adult literature

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/j8q7-rw13

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

950404258

Subject – LCSH

High schools--Juvenile fiction; Self-perception--Juvenile fiction; Mental illness--Juvenile fiction; Psychic trauma--Juvenile fiction; Families--Juvenile fiction

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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