Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent

Academic book exploring power and repression in young adult literature. Award-winning exploration of power dynamics. Chronicaling the levels of power that characters in these novels must learn to negotiate. Includes discussion of family, church, social institutions, and school. Roberta Seelinger Trites, professor of English and acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University. Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature Paperback – Jan. 7 2004 The author expands the notion of the young adult novel as a coming-of-age story. She chronicles the dynamics of power and repression revealing that characters in these novels must learn to negotiate the levels of power that exist in the myriad social institution in which adolescents function.