YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

The hot trend used to be wizards and vampires; now the hot new trend among young adult literature is a post-apocalyptic world.

This essay gives a clear description of what separates Young Adult Literature from other genres.

Since its birth, Science Fiction literature has had a hard time proving its worth, especially in Young Adult Literature, but Science Fiction is a valid literary form for expressing young adult concerns.

An interview with Dave Gallagher, Young Adult Director at the New Albany (Ohio) Public Library, provides sources for finding out quality works for Young Adults, and discusses trends in the organization of libraries to retain young adult readers.

Looking for a good book to buy the young adult girl in your life? Try one of these great reads.

Ten years ago it would have been considered immature and silly for an adult to read a novel intended for a teenage audience. Not anymore.

Opinion piece on the mistake that is censoring literature for young adults too heavily.

With the rising popularity of young adult literature, the publishing industry begins to target an even more specific age group: teenagers to twenty-somethings, or "New Adults."

'Young Adult stars the multi-dimensional actress Charlize Theron, who challenges herself yet again in the role of Mavis Gray in the new R-rated dark comedy.

With Twilight and Percy Jackson topping the box office, it is obvious that Young Adult books are box office gold. Here are three more books that could easily bring in the cash.

If you are a librarian, educator, or children's literature enthusiast, check out the 2010 McConnell Conference which is bringing authors David Wiesner, John Green, and Dandi Daley MacKall to Lexington, KY in February.

Here you'll find author and reader tips for using Figment, an innovative, addictive website guaranteed to detract from your facebook time! And everything else.

The amount of quality fiction marketed for young adults is on the rise. Hence, people reading and talking about the subject are as well. Here are my favorite blogs that focus on the subject.

Comparative paper on the female heroines of popular young adult literature

They may be decent films from others perspective but I can not watch the following movies(the books are far better).

A review of the Twilight book series, with special emphasis on just why it is possibly the most forgettable story ever told in the history of the literary tradition. Also, unfortunately, why it won't be forgotten.

My field research paper on breaking into print in the young adult sci-fi/fantasy genre.

In an age where Guitar Hero, MySpace, and Manga reign as some of the many popular interests of young adults, librarians must learn to accommodate to teens' ever-changing media needs and wants in order to attract them to their local library.

There is more to the teen vampire genre of books than Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Here are five recommended vampire books for young adults, with plot summaries and notes of age appropriateness.

have had an ongoing love affair with the written word since I was five-years-old. At the ripe old age of five, I could not actually read, but oh how I longed to!

Heritage and culture are important themes explored in literature. By reading "Leti's Shoe Escandalo" from the book Once Upon a Cuento, students are introduced to its importance and then asked to delve into their own heritage.

Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healy is a young adult novel that does a fantastic job of taking ancient stories and weaving them back together into something new.

Firelight by Sophie Jordan is the start of another notable young adult series.

Youth Audience books are capturing the adult market. The question is why.