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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.
A. S. King. Amy Sarig King (born March 10, 1970) is an American writer of short fiction and young adult fiction. She is the recipient of the 2022 Margaret Edwards Award for her "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". [1] She is also the only two-time recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award for Young Adult Literature ...
0062026089 (second edition, hardback) Followed by. Feedback (novel) Variant is a young adult suspense novel by Robison Wells. It was published on October 4, 2011 by HarperTeen. Wells has stated that the initial draft of Variant took him only eleven days to write. [1] The book was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of 2011".
Angelfall. Angelfall is a post-apocalyptic fantasy novel written by Korean-American author Susan Ee. [1] It is the first book in the Penryn & the End Of Days trilogy. The story is narrated by Penryn Young, a 17-year-old girl living in the San Francisco Bay, which has been attacked by angels. The book has been translated to more than 20 ...
Plot summary. A young, awkward-looking girl by the name of Tookie De La Crème is kidnapped, and forced to attend the legendary boarding school Modelland for a chance to join the Intoxibellas, the most celebrated models in all the world. Along the way she meets a plus-sized girl named Dylan, a 4-foot-7-inch (140 cm) girl named Shiraz, and an ...
Her first novel, Ash, was published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in 2009. [11] Ash was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Fantasy and Science Fiction, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. [2] Her second book, Huntress, was published by Little, Brown in 2011. [12]
Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) [1] was an English novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Drive is a 2005 noir novel by American author James Sallis. The book was first published on September 1, 2005, through Poisoned Pen Press. In 2011, it was adapted into a feature film of the same name starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn with a screenplay by Hossein Amini. A sequel novel, Driven, was published in 2012.