University of Vermont ScholarWorks @ UVM Graduate College Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 2019 Changing the Narrative: The ducE ational Power of Reading Young Adult Literature Cary Rich Jewkes University of Vermont Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis Part of the Adult and Continuing Education Commons Recommended Citation Jewkes, Cary Rich, "Changing the Narrative: The ducaE tional Power of Reading Young Adult Literature" (2019). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 1029. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1029 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks @ UVM. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate College Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UVM. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: THE EDUCATIONAL POWER OF READING YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE A Thesis Presented by Cary Jewkes to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Education Specializing in Interdisciplinary Studies May, 2019 Defense Date: March 22, 2019 Thesis Examination Committee: Robert Nash, Ed.D., Advisor Paula Tracy, Ph.D., Chairperson Jennifer Prue, PhD. Prem Timsina, Ed.D. Cynthia J. Forehand, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate College ABSTRACT We are what we read. People read for many different reasons and outcomes. We may read for information, affirmation, escape, or inspiration. We may read to get in a better mood. Various studies have shown that readers are more apt to be empathetic, to understand that their experience is not the only experience.