A boy who likes Harry Potter and Xbox clearly enjoys losing himself in 'whole world' fiction. Christopher Paolini or Patrick Ness's fantasy series might draw him in.
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Intern Stephanie McKinley's first blog digs deep to figure out why classics like 1984 take her so much longer to read than contemporary YA like Divergent. Third person, past tense is different. Delete the scoop?
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Breaking Dawn Part Two, the final movie in the Twilight series, is out this week, and the eldest of the four books, the one that hath wrought all that came after, is now going on 7 years old. My, how they grow up fast! So, what has the equally maligned and adored—yet, either way, incredibly successful—series left us? And what might be next in terms of hyper-popular Y.A., the stuff of which movies will be made?
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As Twilight sparkles for the last time, the legion of teen fans around the world are not allowing the story of Edward and Bella to end so are instead going into DIY denial and picking up where Stephenie Meyer and Hollywood left off.
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After an infamous 2011 Wall Street Journal article about the pervasive dark themes in young adult books, this year a few books have broken the mold. The post-apocalyptic and fight-against-the-man themes are still alive and well, but some YA novels have also added concepts of a higher power into the stories.
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Author Eliot Schrefer speaks with Scholastic Book Clubs about his National Book Award nominated novel, ENDANGERED.
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The author of the Missing series picks her favourite page-turners, from The Hunger Games and Noughts and Crosses to Rebecca and The Secret History.
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Last week, Louise Erdrich and first-time author Katherine Boo were given National Book Awards in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively. William Alexander and David Ferry were awarded the young people’s literature and poetry prizes. Delete the scoop?
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In last year’s science-fiction novel “A Beautiful Friendship,” David Weber introduced teenage Stephanie Harrington, the first human to establish a relationship with treecats, a sentient species on the planet Sphinx. This year, partnered with another noted science-fiction author, Jane Lindskold, he continues the series.
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We all know YA literature has surges where certain genres become huge and really popular: lately, it's been magic, spies, vampires, angels and contemporary stories. So what could possibly be next? Personally, I think it's going to be crime.
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Something about clones is fascinating — whether it involves real-world breakthroughs such as Dolly the sheep or disturbing fictional accounts, as in Blade Runner. Teenagers are being replicated in Beta, the kickoff to a new series from young-adult author Rachel Cohn.
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The Hunger Games helped to transform the landscape of publishing, convincing a ton of people that young adult novels could be important, serious books. And yet, we can't help wondering: Could The Hunger Games get published, if it were submitted over the transom today?
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Here are some of the books we Snoops have read that may be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. Let us know what books for teens you’ve enjoyed. We’d love to add some slam-dunks to our piles!
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Author Ally Condie says a "casual conversation about marriage" with her husband, an economics professor at Brigham Young University, triggered the most popular series of books for teens. Delete the scoop?
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Trailer for the book 'Dead Run' by Sean Rodman, a YA thriller published by Orca Books.
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Action-packed, and filled with magic and legend, this is a fresh take on the Arthurian legends with a heroine.
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The internationally bestselling 'Hush, Hush' saga continues! See the trailer for Becca Fitzpatrick's 'Finale', in bookstores now!
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From the author of 'Pure' and 'The Summer of Firsts and Lasts', a friendship story with one girl, two bands, several boys, and lots of complications.
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Call it magic, call it a cosmic shift – whatever it was, something changed in children’s publishing a few years ago. Maybe it was a perfect storm of influences that included the expansion of social media and an audience of young (and some not-so-young) readers hungry for story-driven books.
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From the moment she begins speaking, it’s clear that Simone Elkeles understands teens. The young adult fiction author made that obvious during her talk with Galesburg High School students Tuesday, when she discussed why she became a writer and how she tries to make her books connect with her audience.
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Being Emily is the first YA novel to tell the story of a transsexual girl from her perspective.
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A captivating and haunting new trilogy from the author of the New York Times bestselling ghostgirl series.
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No one could blame you for assuming that something called YALLFest would be a down-home kind of hoedown, abundant with either biscuits or bourbon, and definitely dripping with drawls. In fact, YALLFest is a celebration of the ever-growing genre of young adult literature.
BJ Neary's comment,
November 13, 2012 5:24 PM
I loved this article, it is truly a celebration of all YA lit!
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Fan-fiction has made a place for itself on the Internet, and few people would be willing to argue otherwise. Websites like FanFiction.net offer a space where fans of any TV show, movie, or book can write and upload their own stories based on their favorite characters. With some stories gaining hundreds of thousands of views, we have to ask: What do the authors think about this?
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This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young people.
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