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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 .
In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap.Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of the term; generally, the term is often used to refer to adults in approximately the age ...
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This is a book targeted towards young adults published in 1994 by Jacqueline Woodson. The story takes place in Chauncey, Ohio, and it focuses on the growing friendship between a black girl native to this town named Marie and a white girl her age by the name of Lena. Along the way they face challenges and secrets that ...
(The whole book is just 160 pages, and some of the chapters are just three lines long.) Joy’s family is loving and supportive, and the story never gets very dark or graphic, making it ideal for ...
Department with New adult books in a German bookstore (2023) New adult (NA) fiction is a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–29 age bracket. [1] [failed verification] St. Martin's Press first coined the term in 2009, when they held a special call for "fiction similar to young adult fiction (YA) that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an 'older YA' or 'new ...
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 ...
A light novel ( Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, usually classified as young adult fiction targeting teens to twenties. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. [ 1][ 2] The abbreviation of " raito noberu " is ranobe (ラノベ)[ 3] or, in English, LN .
Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Los Angeles Times. 1998. Given in about a dozen categories, including Young Adult Fiction. Margaret A. Edwards Award. YALSA / School Library Journal. 1988. Awarded annually to recognize authors for lifetime contributions to popular young adult literature. Michael L. Printz Award.