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The 1920s and 1930s saw the growth of mystery series with juvenile detectives including the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, the Dana girls, and Cherry Ames. One characteristic of these books was
 
  a. they included new and controversial topics such as murder and other heinous crimesthis was cutting new territory and often resulted in censorship challenges.
  b. they catered toward boys who had traditionally been reluctant readers.
  c. they rarely involved the crime of murder, and included no ghosts that could not be rationally explained at the end of the story.
  d. they introduced more contemporary crimes such as drug-related crimes and gang violence.

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Historically, adventure stories were viewed as primarily appealing to boys while girls read family stories. Thankfully, this has changed somewhat because of
 
  a. the growth of female protagonists in adventure and survival stories.
  b. the increasing tendency of young adults, reluctant readers as well as better readers, to read material they find dull and unbelievable.
  c. girls have realized that many family stories were totally unlike their familiesthe problems and relationships differed dramatically.
  d. boys have increasingly become avid readers of family books in search of positive two-parent relationships.



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smrtceo

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a




drink

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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