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Character(s) Book Author(s) Country Notes Ref. 1964 Manfred Steiner Martian Time-Slip: Philip K. Dick USA [148] 1996 Seth Garin The Regulators: Stephen King (under the pen name Richard Bachman) USA [149] 1996 Simon Lynch Simple Simon: Ryne Douglas Pearson USA: Adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). [150] [151] 2000 Marty Zellerbach The ...
Trueman Bradley is a fictional character in a series of detective novels written by Alexei Maxim Russell. Bradley is characterized as a genius detective with Asperger syndrome. [1] He first appeared in the book Trueman Bradley – Aspie Detective, a novel written by Alexei Maxim Russell and published in 2011 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox was first published on April 1, 2008, by Henry Holt and Company, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. It received generally positive reviews and won numerous awards, including the Golden Kite Honor Award and the Kirkus Best Young Adult Book award. [1] A review in Kirkus Reviews compared the novel to Eva by Peter ...
Young adult fiction and children's literature in general have historically shown a lack of diversity, that is, a lack of books with a main character who is, for example, a person of color, from the LGBTQIA+ community, or disabled. The numbers of children's book authors have shown a similar lack of diversity. [1]
Blackout is a young adult novel written by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon. The book contains six interlinked stories about Black teen love during a power outage in New York City. [1] The book was released on June 22, 2021. [2] [3]
Katya Balen (born 1989) is a British author of children's literature.Her works include The Space We're In (2019), The Light in Everything (2022), and The Thames and Tide Club (2023).
Pocket Books created the core idea for the Roswell High series. Metz and her writing partner Laura J. Burns created the basic story arc for the first six books, after which several writers wrote the sample scene in which Max saves Liz's life. Metz was chosen to write the books, and she and Burns worked together to further develop the series. [1]
The Pigman is a young adult novel written by Paul Zindel, published in 1968. [1] [2] It is notable for its authentic depiction of teenagers, and was among the first YA books to take the genre in a more realistic direction. [3] The two main characters, teenagers Lorraine and John, have opposite personalities.