YA and Middle Grade Novels--Aren't Just for YA Readers Any Longer! By Connie Vines #BWLAuthor, #MFRWAuthor, #YANovels, #MiddleGradeNovels, #RandomThoughtsScatteredAbout

  Weekly Feature #3


Hello, My Lovelies,

Who says young adult novels are just for kids? Reading YA offers adults a world they don’t often find in more grown-up novels. The settings can be more fantastical, and the emotions can feel downright nostalgic. Whatever your reason for diving in, here are some YA reads that can easily be appreciated by an older audience.

Did you know:

A 2012 survey by a market research firm found that 55 percent of these books are bought by people older than 18. (The definition of YA is increasingly fuzzy, but it generally refers to books written for 12- to 17-year-olds. Meanwhile, the cultural definition of “young adult” now stretches practically to age 30, which may have something to do with this whole phenomenon.)

The largest group of buyers in that survey—accounting for a whopping 28 percent of all YA sales—are between ages 30 and 44. 

Today’s YA, we are constantly reminded, is worldly and adult-worthy. 

 Most importantly, these books consistently indulge in the kind of endings that teenagers want to see. YA endings are uniformly satisfying, whether that satisfaction comes through weeping or cheering. 

These endings are emblematic of the fact that the emotional and moral ambiguity of adult fiction—of the real world—is nowhere in evidence in YA fiction. These endings are for readers who prefer things to be wrapped up neatly, our heroes married or dead or happily grasping hands, looking to the future. 

Great works of fiction for YA Readers include: 

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott.The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank.Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor.Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, by Jennifer De Leon. Bloom, by Elizabeth Scott.I began my writing career in YA fiction. I wrote on spec for Junior Detective Magazine, Humpty Dumpty Magazine, Brilliant Star, and AIM Magazine. Several of my non-fiction articles became part of the Benjamin Franklin Educational Series.

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