Comments on: Paging Jaime Sommers, or: Girls-who-don’t-know-they’re-part-robotic are the new zombies http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/paging-jaime-sommers-or-girls-who-dont-know-theyre-part-robotic-are-the-new-zombies/ Publications about books for children and young adults Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Shelver http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/paging-jaime-sommers-or-girls-who-dont-know-theyre-part-robotic-are-the-new-zombies/#comment-26049 Shelver Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:16:19 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=20062#comment-26049 This article would have been better titled "Cyborg girls are the new zombies." The protagonist in CINDER is very aware that she's part robot. In fact, it's one of her main struggles in the book. A nice try, but this article could have used a little more research. This article would have been better titled “Cyborg girls are the new zombies.” The protagonist in CINDER is very aware that she’s part robot. In fact, it’s one of her main struggles in the book. A nice try, but this article could have used a little more research.

]]> By: Rebecca Hachmyer http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/paging-jaime-sommers-or-girls-who-dont-know-theyre-part-robotic-are-the-new-zombies/#comment-25407 Rebecca Hachmyer Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=20062#comment-25407 This. Also, to piggyback on the "girls w/amnesia is another YA trend" notion, it seems that YA female protagonists of late often suffer from a severe case of "lack of agency." It's Katniss at her most unreliable, most sedated, hiding in a closet--- FOR AN ENTIRE 300 PAGE NOVEL (or trilogy). Griffin's Mask of the Red Death and Stampler's Where it Began jump immediately to mind. Even to some degree--dare I say it?-- Bitterblue. Why is this a thing? Is it reflecting greater societal feelings of helplessness? Ennui? is this Madeline Levine's "Price of Privilege"? it's not the girls that wake up with amnesia that make me raise an eyebrow-- it's the ones that don't seem concerned about figuring out the how, the why, and the what now. Back in 1999, Tim Wadham averred "plot does matter." I would like to second that with an addendum: Agency does too. This. Also, to piggyback on the “girls w/amnesia is another YA trend” notion, it seems that YA female protagonists of late often suffer from a severe case of “lack of agency.” It’s Katniss at her most unreliable, most sedated, hiding in a closet— FOR AN ENTIRE 300 PAGE NOVEL (or trilogy). Griffin’s Mask of the Red Death and Stampler’s Where it Began jump immediately to mind. Even to some degree–dare I say it?– Bitterblue. Why is this a thing? Is it reflecting greater societal feelings of helplessness? Ennui? is this Madeline Levine’s “Price of Privilege”?

it’s not the girls that wake up with amnesia that make me raise an eyebrow– it’s the ones that don’t seem concerned about figuring out the how, the why, and the what now. Back in 1999, Tim Wadham averred “plot does matter.” I would like to second that with an addendum: Agency does too.

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