Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature

Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques.

Don L. F. Nilsen is professor of English at Arizona State University.

Introduction : names and naming in young adult literature
Names for fun : M. E. Kerr, Gary Paulsen, Louis Sachar, and Polly Horvath	p. 1
Names to establish tone and mode : Robert Cormier and Francesca Lia Block	p. 23
Names to establish time periods : Karen Cushman and her historical fiction	p. 47
Names to establish realistic settings : Gary Soto, Adam Rapp, Meg Rosoff, and Nancy Farmer	p. 65
Names to establish imagined settings : Yann Martel, Orson Scott Card, and Ursula K. Le Guin	p. 83
Names to reveal ethnic values : Amy Tan, Sandra Cisneros, Maya Angelou, Cynthia Kadohata, Sherman Alexie, and others	p. 103
Names to build a dual audience : Daniel Handler and the Lemony Snickett books	p. 123
Names as memory hooks : J. K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books	p. 141
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