"We need a YA pedagogy—an approach to teaching YA lit that is intentional in mining the complexity of the books and valuing the complexity of adolescence itself [emphasis added]. We don’t have to invent anything new here. YA pedagogy, as I conceive it (Buehler, 2016,2019), is rooted in aspects of the ELA classroom in which teachers already invest time and care: classroom community, book matchmaking, and apprenticing students to the core tasks of our discipline. YA pedagogy is a matter of stance, and real-world contexts are key [emphasis added]. Teaching with YA pedagogy means we connect our work in the classroom to the work of YA lit award committees, school and library marketing departments, and YA authors themselves. We make the most of YA lit as a field, even as we continue to use YA titles to help kids develop passion for books." (Buehler 2020)

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