The literature on diversity and inclusion in young adult literature is plentiful. It is often
rich in emotional impact and meticulous in its attention to detail. However, outside of
acknowledgement and advocacy, what high quality work is actively being done to provide
readers with characters and experiences representative of widely varying background, and what
does it look like? Antero Garcia, editor of The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,
addresses these questions in his 2017 article, “Worlds of Inclusion: Challenging Reading,
Writing, and Publishing Science Fiction and Fantasy-Based Young Adult Literature.”
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