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The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. Told in a series of short, interconnected vignettes, Cisneros’s acclaimed 1984 novel tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicano ...
Here's our list of the best young adult books of 2024. Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari Mitra Esfahani and Bea Ortega have been best friends for five years now.
Young adult books may be marketed toward people ages 12 to 18, but that doesn’t mean these reads are limited only to teens. ... Set in San Francisco in 1954, this story follows two teenage girls ...
A flip-side of this trend was a strong revived interest in the romance novel, including young adult romance. [62] With an increase in number of adolescents, the genre "matured, blossomed, and came into its own, with the better written, more serious, and more varied young adult books (than those) published during the last two decades". [63]
The success of Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly, published in 1942, is generally acknowledged as the impetus for romance novels specifically written for teenage girls, although Daly considered her novel to be written for adults. [2] Young adult romance novels were referred to as junior novels [4] and sometimes malt shop novels. [5]
When selecting books for the Quick Picks list, the judges consider: [1] Physical appearance (e.g., the cover, print style, format, and artwork/illustrations) Writing style; For fiction novels, judges consider whether the book has: [1] High interest "hook" in first 10 pages; Well-defined characters; Sufficient plot to sustain interest