Rescuing the World: Ecological Disaster in the Young Adult Novel

Panelists will discuss themes of ecological disaster in such books as The Hunger Games, The Uglies, and The Ship Breakers as well as how the heroes and heroines in young adult fiction are often forced to grow up in a world damaged and corrupted by previous generations. Panelists include Tanvia Rastogi, Teen Librarian at the Ames Public Library, and four faculty members from the Iowa State Department of English: Donna Niday, Charissa Menefee, and David Zimmerman. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series