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Well written and well documented, this groundbreaking book also includes a comprehensive bibliography, reproductions of book covers of some of the titles that are profiled, and a list of meaningful works for genocide scholars and human rights activists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. --C. McCutcheon, University of South Carolina Upstate, CHOICE Gangi turns to genocides that have taken place since 1945 in Cambodia, Guatemala, Kurdish Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Rwanda and Darfur. Her study is a brave one...An impressively-researched and powerful introduction to a comprehensive range of books - from historical novels to biographies of George Clooney and Angelina Jolie - and the ways in which they provide, or fail to provide, a responsible and accurate portrayal of genocide...Gangi's book is a moving testament to those who - far from sitting down and being quiet - stand up to condemn inequalities and shout loudly that such atrocities must never happen again. --Alice Curry, Founder and co-director of Lantana Publishing, International Research Society for Children's Literature Reviews Written over seven years in tandem with teaching courses about genocide in post-secondary institutions, Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature functions as a useful teaching resource that considers fiction and non-fiction texts that represent genocide for young people. [It] provides educators with a comprehensive survey of books about genocide, so teachers, publishers, authors, and librarians may do the work for which Gangi advocates so passionately. -- Debra Dudek, University of Wollongong, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

Well written and well documented, this groundbreaking book also includes a comprehensive bibliography, reproductions of book covers of some of the titles that are profiled, and a list of meaningful works for genocide scholars and human rights activists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. --C. McCutcheon, University of South Carolina Upstate, CHOICE Gangi turns to genocides that have taken place since 1945 in Cambodia, Guatemala, Kurdish Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Rwanda and Darfur. Her study is a brave one...An impressively-researched and powerful introduction to a comprehensive range of books - from historical novels to biographies of George Clooney and Angelina Jolie - and the ways in which they provide, or fail to provide, a responsible and accurate portrayal of genocide...Gangi's book is a moving testament to those who - far from sitting down and being quiet - stand up to condemn inequalities and shout loudly that such atrocities must never happen again. --Alice Curry, Founder and co-director of Lantana Publishing, International Research Society for Children's Literature Reviews Written over seven years in tandem with teaching courses about genocide in post-secondary institutions, Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature functions as a useful teaching resource that considers fiction and non-fiction texts that represent genocide for young people. [It] provides educators with a comprehensive survey of books about genocide, so teachers, publishers, authors, and librarians may do the work for which Gangi advocates so passionately. -- Debra Dudek, University of Wollongong, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

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Jane M. Gangi, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Mount Saint Mary College, USA.

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