Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Teens and the New Religious Landscape
Jacob Stratman · 2018
70/100
👍 Worth It
A genuinely useful academic collection that addresses a real gap — how religious identity functions in contemporary YA fiction — with impressive range across traditions from Christianity to Taoism. Reviewed favorably by Project MUSE and published by a credentialed academic press. The audience is narrow and the essay-collection format means uneven quality across chapters, but for educators and scholars it earns its place.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety90
substance78
craft70
originality76
accuracy80
hype65
age_fit72
human_eye68
Penny’s verdict70
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