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Cloning in literature; Young adult fiction; Cloning--Moral and ethical aspects;
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Cloning In Young Adult Fiction, Jennifer L. Kehoe
Cloning In Young Adult Fiction, Jennifer L. Kehoe
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The purpose of this study was to discover the issues raised about human cloning in young adult fiction. This study determined the themes found in the young adult fiction selected and if those themes reflected issues about human cloning. The questions asked in the study were: 1. Does young adult fiction confront the complexity of ethical issues about human cloning? 2. Do the plots and characters in young adult fiction about cloning provide substance to provoke reader response to the ethical controversies that surround cloning? A thematic analysis was conducted. The researcher read each book and recorded themes that were …