Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: From Little Boys to Little Brown, How a Young Phoenix
Housewife Became the World’s Most Celebrated Author in her Spare
Time
Chapter 2: Mad about Meyer, Appeal and Apologies: A Critical
Analysis of the Twilight Series
Chapter 3: Twilight
Chapter 4: New Moon
Chapter 5: Eclipse
Chapter Six: Breaking Dawn
Chapter 7: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Midnight Sun, and
“Hell on Earth”
Chapter 8: Stephenie in the Public Sphere: Eclipse Prom, Project
Book Babe, Changing Hands Bookstore, Friends and Fans along the
Way
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
James Blasingame Jr. is associate professor of English at Arizona
State University, where he directs the program in Secondary English
Education.
Kathleen Deakin is assistant professor at Metro State College,
where she teaches classes in English education.
Laura A. Walsh is assistant professor at State University of New
York at Potsdam, where she is the program coordinator for Secondary
English Education.
The latest addition to the Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult
Literature series, this volume provides some key biographical
information about Stephenie Meyer as well as an overview of her
Twilight series
*Children's Literature Association Quarterly*
This Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature volume presents
Meyer’s journey from a mother who wrote 'just for fun' to pay off
the family van to an unspoiled and sensitive international success
surrounded by editors, publicists, and security guards. The authors
acknowledge the widespread criticism of Meyer’s novels but point
out that young adult authors focus on story and identification
rather than long description or layered literary techniques. ...
The chapters that focus on Meyer’s positive yet self-effacing
personality will provide writing inspiration and models of conduct
for teen girls. The analysis is fair and balanced, and the chapters
that trace her work are helpful to teachers and librarians who wish
to discuss or incorporate them into the curriculum. If you have
Meyer’s works in your collection, you will want this guide.
*VOYA*
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