Imagine being imprisoned for your whole life. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon (Orion) In the wealth of recent fiction for children and young adults, here are ten powerful stories for young people, addressing some of the most important, and troubling, questions we face today.ġ.
A study by education professor Maria Nikolajeva found that “reading fiction provides an excellent training for young people in developing and practising empathy and theory of mind, that is, understanding of how other people feel and think”. They invite us to discover what it’s like being someone completely different.”Īs the author of a children’s novel myself, I’m going to double down on this and say that if this is important for adults, it’s 100 times more important for children.Īlso Read: The Light of Letters: Best of Hindi Literature in 2017Ĭhildren passionately want to understand what’s going on – and fiction is a potent way for them to do this.
In this confusing and often conflicted world, children’s author Gillian Cross has summed up what it is about reading fiction that is so important: “Good stories help us make sense of the world.
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