Critical readings: African American girls and Urban fiction

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 565-574

  Gibson, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Article; Literature; Motivation; Struggling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950885889     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.53.7.4     Document Type: Article

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