Cancer and Young Adult Literature

This collection specifically and solely focuses on Young Adult literature texts where cancer plays a prominent role, including widely-read texts like John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars , Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk to Remember , and Jesse Andrews’ Me and Earl and the Dying Girl . The chapters present a variety of arguments, each developing a novel investigation into how these stories explore the effects cancer has on a person, a family, or on a relationship. As scientific studies continue to devlop