The sidekick comes of age : how young adult literature is shifting the sidekick paradigm /

Young adult literature uses literary sidekicks in new and exciting ways, which changes how sidekicks are understood. Three ways authors elevate sidekicks include letting sidekicks "evolve" over the course of multiple texts, using parallel novels to add complexity to a sidekick's chara...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Zimmerly, Stephen M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Series:	Children and youth in popular culture.
Subjects:	Young adult fiction > History and criticism. Sidekicks in literature. Heroes in literature. Friendship in literature.