Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
Breaking bounds : the transformative energy of children's literature -- Breaking the frame : picturebooks, modernism, and new media -- And none of it was nonsense -- Useful idiots : interactions between youth culture and children's literature -- Self-harm, silence, and survival : despair and trauma in children's literature -- Baby, you're the best : sex and sexuality in contemporary juvenile fiction -- Frightening fiction : the transformative power of fear -- Back to the future? New forms and formats in juvenile fiction -- Conclusion. The foundations of future fictions