Video: Unreliable YA Narrators, Love 'em—Hate 'em|SLJ Day of Dialog 2014

by Kathy Ishizuka
Jun 03, 2014 | Filed in News & Features
Unreliable narrators fascinate—but do they have to be likable to engage readers? Young Adult authors Jodi Lynn Anderson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga, and Meg Wolitzer shared their thoughts in an all-star panel.
Unreliable narrators fascinate—but do they have to be likable to engage readers?  Young Adult authors Jodi Lynn Anderson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga, and Meg Wolitzer share their thoughts in an all-star panel moderated by Jennifer Thompson, coordinator of Young Adult Services at Brooklyn Public Library. (nine-minute clip)  

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