So, finding your ‘inner teenager’ is a must. That is the same in 2017 as it was in 1966. Teenagers are struggling to become the kind of adult they want to be. The trappings may be different, the voices a bit louder, the technology mind boggling but the feelings are not different. The feeling of uncertainty, of needing to connect with people those feelings can be used when writing about teenagers, whether they’re contemporary or from any other time in history. I was an only child and made friends easily but didn’t always keep them. It’s key to remember how you felt about things. When writing about teenagers Anne explained it’s important to go back to your own teenage years and rediscover the teenager you were, the friends you had, the problems you had to overcame or otherwise. In No Shame she goes to court to try and get justice for what has happened to her. She falls for a boy and finds herself used and exploited by an older man. No Virgin tells the story of Stacey Woods a seventeen-year-old girl from Stratford East London. Anne used two of her Young Adult books No Virgin and No Shame to illustrate how they sensitively deal with the issue of rape.
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