With all this sex going on in books that are required reading in North American high school English classes, it seems we would have developed sophisticated ways to talk to teens about sex.

Teens often enjoy and are more likely to read books that they can relate to in some way, according to Torres, who recommended books like “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds because of its engaging ...

In this issue of Perspective and in two more issues this year, we take a deeper dive into the language of the arguments to show how the arguments themselves – and not teen books – undermine ...