Janet McDonald
Subtitle: the original project girl
By: Catherine Ross-Stroud.
Series: Scarecrow studies in young adult literature -- no. 28
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780810858022; 9780810863569
Subjects: McDonald, Janet, -- 1953-; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; African American women authors -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Much has been written about the state of black adolescence - often from a sociological point of view situating black teens in an at-risk category. However, through her characters, young adult author Janet McDonald (1954-2007) presents the wide range of adolescent life. McDonald presents the multifarious views of society in relation to the self efficacious drive of urban teens to rise above their circumstances by any means necessary." "This book is a biocritical study of McDonald and her work as it relates to the contribution she has made to teen fiction. It explains McDonald's profoundly realistic fiction, which holds wide appeal for teens in search of answers to the coming of age mystery."--BOOK JACKET.