@article {Douthwaite:2015:1358-684X:14,
title = "Stone Cold: Worthy of Study?",
journal = "Changing English",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/ccen",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2015",
volume = "22",
number = "1",
publication date ="2015-01-02T00:00:00",
pages = "14-25",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1358-684X",
eissn = "1469-3585",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ccen/2015/00000022/00000001/art00003",
doi = "doi:10.1080/1358684X.2014.992206",
keyword = "children’s literature, reading, class reader, sociocultural, cultural capital, secondary curriculum, literary worth, Young Adult fiction",
author = "Douthwaite, Alison",
abstract = "This article draws on my experiences of teaching Stone Cold to respond to a blog post suggesting that the novel holds little educational value. I argue that the novels narrative style helps to foster criticality while its subject matter can help students see the relevance
of literature to the world around them. Relating this to broader debates about the reading curriculum, I explore the clash of ideological viewpoints about its purpose. I conclude that Young Adult fiction has an important role to play in maintaining a sense that culture is a contemporary phenomenon
which is actively experienced, not simply a historical one which is passively explored.",
}