Młodzi a świat dorosłych w powieściach dla młodzieży Małgorzaty Gutowskiej-Adamczyk

Recent juvenile fiction, like the popular literature, is much more connected with everyday life of young people than appreciated literary works of the past. In her juvenile novels, M. Gutowska-Adamczyk shows in an interesting way the relations between young people and their parents and grandparents (who are often closer to them than the parents, since they introduce them to unknown family secrets and are the keepers of tradition passed from one generation to another). The family identity built in such way is a fundament of such values as: respect, nobleness, devotion, indness, and the presence of the past in the present gives young people the awareness of one’s own “rootedness”. If these novels allow young people for deeper reflection on the surrounding world, for discourse with the characters and to experience authentic emotions, they will fulfill their task.