...is called Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity by James Collins and Richard Blot (2003, Cambridge UP). It's part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series. Chapter 5 ("Literacies and Identity Formation: American Cases") doesn't necessarily address adolescence, but it does contain a clear and useful analysis of different theories of identity development, especially the social constructionist view.
You might also like Writing and Identity: The Discoursal Construction of Identity in Academic Writing by Roz Ivanič (1998, John Benjamins Pub. Co.). The focus here is on undergraduate students, but the first part of the book (chapters 1-4) contains much useful information about theories regarding the connection between writing and the social construction of identity.
Jim
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Thanks Jim! I appreciate your research and suggestions.
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