Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face (2013)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013). Beyond face value: playing the game with 'Sara's face. In A. Waller (Ed.), Melvin Burgess (81-97). Palgrave Macmillan

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“Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance (2012)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2012). “Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance. In C. Ní Bhroin, & P. Kennon (Eds.), What do we tell the children? : critical essays on children's literature (182-195). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This chapter discusses the ways in which the young adult author, Melvin Burgess, engages with the theme of surveillance. It will focus on his 2006 novel, Sara's Face, arguing that this novel critically explores dicsourses regarding teenage girls' re... Read More about “Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance.

Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers (2004)
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2004). Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers. Lion and the Unicorn, 28(2), 247-261

The comic narrative strategies that Reeve uses in Mortal Engines set it apart from the bulk of deeply serious, starkly pessimistic science fiction for young readers. Sambell illustrates how Reeve eschews the oppressive admonitory tone of the dystopia... Read More about Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers.

Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people (2003)
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2003). Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people. Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, 88(2), 33-44

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Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children (2003)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2003). Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children. In C. Hintz, & E. Ostry (Eds.), Utopian and dystopian fiction for children and youth (163-178). Routledge

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Annotated bibliography of utopian and dystopian children's fiction (2003)
Book Chapter
Hintz, C., Ostry, E., Sambell, K., & Totaro, R. C. N. (2003). Annotated bibliography of utopian and dystopian children's fiction. In C. Hintz, & E. Ostry (Eds.), Utopian and dystopian writing for children and young adults (200-231). Routledge

This volume examines a variety of utopian writing for children from the 18th century to the present day, defining and exploring this new genre in the field of children's literature. The original essays discuss thematic conventions and present detaile... Read More about Annotated bibliography of utopian and dystopian children's fiction.