"It's not about the parents": A Content Analysis of Representations of Sperm Donor Conception in Young Adult Literature

This study aims to examine how donor-conceived youth are portrayed in novels marketed toward adolescents. It categorizes how the developmental needs of donor-conceived youth are uniquely met, as well as the developmental needs of all teens, in these books. This is done through a qualitative content analysis of young adult novels that feature a character that was conceived via sperm donor. In conducing this research, the study hopes to help librarians make collection decisions regarding young adult novels that feature donor-conceived characters, as well as help donor-conceived youth identify books in which they can see themselves in the pages.Master of Science in Library Scienc