![]() ![]() ![]() Imagination, contended Sleator, allows the mind to escape from reality, and is a practical skill for dealing with everyday life. Sleator’s novels leave readers uncertain about endings and uneasy about characters. I met Sleator in 1996 when he addressed a graduate “Adolescent in Literature” class at New Jersey City University and interviewed him for SIGNAL, the International Reading Association’s journal devoted to young adult literature. Sleator, who died August 3 in Thailand, took topics from science and stretched them into the paranormal, creating tales that keep teen readers rapt and reading into the night. The fodder of science fiction and a few of the many themes writer William Sleator addressed in his 30 novels for adolescents. ![]() Cloning, genetic engineering, black holes, dystopia. ![]()
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