6/25/2023 0 Comments Zits by jerry![]() ![]() For scholars of young adult literature, the content differences between the two versions of Enrique’s Journey forward our knowledge about this genre that marks youth as its reader-a genre with the capacity to adapt content for a youth audience without sanitizing that content. This CCCA of Enrique’s Journey revealed patterned differences between the original and youth adapted versions, including generalizations, added section breaks, and a more focalized account of the journey from Enrique’s perspective however, unlike many youth adaptations, the social complexity of migration was maintained across versions. ![]() Based on Nazario’s Pulitzer-Prize winning journalism, Enrique’s Journey recounts the story a migrant teenager from Honduras who made his way across Mexico, crossed the US border, and reunited with his mother in North Carolina. Enrique’s Journey was written and adapted by Sonia Nazario. This study used critical comparative content analysis (CCCA) to look at how migration was represented in the original and youth adapted versions of Enrique’s Journey. Original books and their youth adapted counterparts differ in patterned ways, often sanitizing content and positioning youth readers as unready to grapple with the social complexity of important issues. Nonfiction books are increasingly being adapted for the young adult literature market. ![]()
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