If there’s one thing I’ve learned from parenting a teenager, it’s that they are predictably unpredictable. Just when I thought my daughter would never read anything except young adult novels, she informed me, “I amsoover YA.” I wanted to make sure that she wasn’t overreading, so...
Young Adult Library Services Association. (2007). Great graph- ic novels for teens. Retrieved April 30, 2007, from www.ala .org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/ gn.htm.Rutherford D. Great graphic novels for teens. Young Adult Library Services. 2007; 5 (3...
Teen readers will appreciate the combination of adult horror and coming-of-age storylines. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Dystopian novels help readers, including young adults, tackle big questions about society and how it functions. This immersive novel takes place on an unnamed island, where ...
but as novels go, adding the thrill and emotional twists of the format. The book depicts characters on both sides of the war, offering a balanced perspective of what happened. It’s considered
Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced fourteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translat...
has selected a variety ofgraphic novelssuitable for readers age 12-18. YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens lists provide both a snapshot of the year’s best titles suitable for young adult readers, but also a valuable selection tool for librarians who require good books ...
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Federal data from last year shows only 14% of young teens say they read for fun daily, compared with 27% in 2012. Teachers say the slide has its roots in the COVID-19 crisis. “There was a trend, it happened when COVID hit, to stop reading full-length novels b...
The Mars Room, set in a women’s prison, was one of the best novels of 2018, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and convincing the chair of the judges, Kwame Anthony Appiah, of the urgent need for prison reform. In the audiobook, Rachel Kushner narrates The Mars Room to great effect....
she is attracted to him immediately. She consults the women in Jack’s city who have dated him before, building a long narrative of Jack’s missteps and bad behavior. The comic asks an important question of young, sexually liberated readers: who are we to each new partner, an amalgamation...