Modern-Day Magic: Stories of Growing Up between the Mundane and the Magical

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Jennifer Duggan Jennifer Duggan is Associate Professor and Head of English at the University of SouthEastern Norway and is one of the editors at Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. Her research focuses on the online cultures surrounding children’s and young adult literature and media. She is most interested in how the digital present affects children’s and young adult literature, including readers’ modes of reading, reception of texts, and identitybuilding practices.