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A genre-bending exploration of “beach reading”—the genre, the activity, and the artists who shaped our understanding of the beaches we love Traces the literary and cultural history of the “beach read” genre, and how these coastal vacation reads shaped the beaches we love The “beach...

Professor Edelstein examines the enduring appeal of Judy Blume’s books. Over seven lessons, you’ll learn how Blume pioneered middle-grade and young adult (YA) literature and helped to make these genres the global sensations they are today. You’ll identify the themes and motifs that run throughout her books, and you’ll review Blume’s books as literary work worthy of analysis. You’ll also see why the very act of questioning (about the existence of God, the persistence of racism, the unwritten rules of suburbia) is so central to Blume’s vision of coming-of-age literature.