What are YA books? And who is reading them?
After the costume-crowded overexcitement of the first ever Young Adult Literature Convention, brainchild of current children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, many authors, readers and bloggers have been mulling over what exactly it is that makes a book YA. Is “YA” the same as “teen”, and who is it read by? What are its requirements and restrictions? And what about “New Adult”?
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I try to read a lot of YA because it is the bulk of my students’ reading material, but I still agree with this piece...
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