Series Editor's Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; A.Waller
PART I: CONTROVERSY AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
1. 'One of the Boys'? Writing Sex for Teenagers in 'Doing It'; Chris Richards
2. 'Keeping it Real': The Debate for Boyhood and its Representations in 'Doing It' and 'Kill All Enemies'; Michele Gill
3. The Girl and the Streets: Postfeminist Identities in 'Junk', 'Doing It', and 'Sara's Face'; Joel Gwynne
PART II: FORM, STYLE, GENRE 4. Beyond Face Value: Playing the Game with 'Sara's Face'; Kay Sambell
5. Dystopian Worlds and Ethical Subjectivities in 'Bloodtide' and 'Bloodsong'; Robyn McCallum and John Stephens
6. Transformation, Text and Genre in 'The Birdman'; M.Gibson
PART III: HUMAN AND ANIMAL IDENTITIES
7. Borderland: The Animal World of Melvin Burgess; Peter Hollindale
8. 'You Know What I Mean': The Development of Relationships between Socially Isolated Characters in 'An Angel for May, 'Loving April', and 'The Ghost Behind the Wall'; Pat Pinsent
9. Challenging the Paradigm: Examining 'The Baby and Fly Pie' and 'The Earth Giant' through Ecocriticism; Karen Williams
PART IV: TELLING STORIES
10. Found Fiction: An Interview with Melvin Burgess; Alison Wallerand Melvin Burgess
Further Reading
Index.