Crossover Novel

Rachel Falconer is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. She has published criticism in the areas of classical, early modern, and contemporary literature and narrative theory. Her recent books include Hell in Contemporary Literature, and Face to Face: Mikhail Bakhtin in Russia and the West.

"Well written and documented, this accessible volume, with its extensive bibliography, will be valuable for those interested in children's literature - highly recommended" -- Choice, March 2009"The Crossover Novel is an exhaustively researched and deeply theoretical approach to the phenomenon of crossover literature...provides an excellent groundwork for further study in this arena of children's literature."-- Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Summer 2009, Vol. 34, No. 2"[Falconer] seems genuinely interested in getting to the heart of profound questions of readership....What makes Falconer’s book so strong is that, although she may invoke her voracious child-reader self, she doesn’t settle for easy answers." --The Lion and the Unicorn 33 (2009)

• Series Editor’s ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction A Decade of Border CrossingChapter 1 Kiddults at LargeChapter 2 Harry Potter, Lightness and DeathChapter 3 Coming of Age in a Fantasy World: Philip Pullman’s His Dark MaterialsChapter 4 Seeing Things Big: Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timeChapter 5 Adolescence and Abjection: Geraldine McCaughrean’s The White DarknessChapter 6 The Search for Roots: David Almond’s ClayChapter 7 Re-reading Childhood Books:C.S. Lewis’s The Silver Chair Conclusion Crossing Thresholds of TimeNotesBibliographyIndex