"I believe it is literature--whether imported from other lands in other languages, imported in translation written in English in this country by immigrants who describe the invention of their new selves here or recall the realities of their former lives in the lands of their national origin--that will prove to be the place of light, the neutral center where all of us can go to find out about each other and, come to think about it, about our selves as well. 'We' need to read about 'them' and 'they' need to read about 'us,' and perhaps we will find, thus, that we are all, simply, 'we.'"~Michael Cart. (1996). From Romance to Realism: 50 years of growth and change in young adult literature. Harper.
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