Chanel Cowan-Cummings (left) and Breanna Blocker enjoy urban fiction. Debate has arisen over the depiction of sex, violence, and drug use in the novels.
(Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)
The real world
Teens say they're reading urban fiction because it reflects life in the city. Should parents be concerned?
Chanel Cowan-Cummings (left) and Breanna Blocker enjoy urban fiction. Debate has arisen over the depiction of sex, violence, and drug use in the novels.
(Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)
Kymaunii Godfrey, Breanna Blocker, and Chanel Cowan-Cummings talk spiritedly about the types of books they like to read. Cowan-Cummings, a freshman at Melrose High School, says she finds most of the literature she peruses for class "boring." Blocker is suspicious of books created specifically for young adults. (Full article: 1182 words)
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