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Young adult literature. Young adult literature ( YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 [1] [2] and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. [3] Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be further categorized as social or coming-of-age novels .
Alexandra Adornetto: Halo, Hades, Heaven. Renée Ahdieh: The Wrath & the Dawn, Flame in the Mist. Melissa Albert: The Hazel Wood. Becky Albertalli: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Upside of Unrequited, Leah on the Offbeat. Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Jo's Boys, Eight Cousins.
Young adult fiction (YA) is fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. The term YA was first used regularly in the 1960s in the United States. The YA category includes most of the genres found in adult fiction, with themes that include friendship, sexuality, drugs and alcohol, and sexual and gender identity. Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be categorized as ...
1989. Given for mystery writing in about a dozen categories, including Best Young Adult Novel. Golden Kite Award. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) 2016. Given in six categories from picture books through young adult. Lodestar Award. World Science Fiction Society. 2018.
Young adult romance literature is a genre of books written for teenagers. As defined by Romance Writers of America, a romance novel consists of a central love story and an emotionally satisfying ending. [1] Early young adult romances feature a teenage protagonist, who is typically female, white, and middle-class, [2] while books in the twenty ...
Other books written by her as a teenager are: The Lampo Circus (2008), Von Gobstopper's Arcade (2009), Halo (2010) and Hades (2011). Margery Allingham (1904–1966) had her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, about smugglers in 17th century Essex, published in 1923, when she was 19. Jorge Amado (1912–2001) had his debut novel, The Country of ...
Lurlene McDaniel (born April 5, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books.She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
Heinlein juveniles. The Heinlein juveniles are the science-fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein for Scribner's young-adult line. Each features "a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities." [1] Together, they tell a loosely connected story of space exploration.