Click Here

Denise Vega wrote a young adult novel called Click Here. It brings new light to the ideas of intertextuality. These are the ideas of intertextuality that I hope to explore. I want to look at how culture is a text and how children's literature references that text.

Click Here is about a girl who loves computers. She wants to design a webpage, so she does. It's almost like a glorified blog-- she keeps her diary on this webpage. She practices using code and she creates tabs to go from one page to another. But, her webpage is private. She doesn't intend for it to be published. SPOILER ALERT... When she accidentally publishes her webpage, it wreaks havoc on her life. Then the intertextuality strengthens because she compares herself to Harriet the Spy.

The aspect of the book that I find interesting is Erin's, the protagonist, interest in technology. She joins the computer club and helps other kids create a school webpage. Vega sprinkles technological jargon throughout the text, creating an intertextuality that expects the reader to understand my space culture.

I'm looking forward to exploring these ideas further.