→State one misconception the author presents about reading science fiction. How does the author refute the misconception? Use at least two examples from the text to support your response. Let them read science fiction. In it, young people can see themselves coping, surviving, and learning lessons. These things may help them create their own strategies for resilience or recovery. When scary or unusual things happen, we may be reluctant for kids to embrace creative forms that seem to separate them psychologically from the real world.

But the critical thinking and agile habits of mind encouraged by this type of literature may actually produce resilience and creativity that everyday life and reality typically do not.