Beyond Survival: Exploring Friendship in YA Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

This article explores the role of friendship in YA post-apocalyptic fiction, and how it helps the characters in their struggles.

Friends can help us through tough times. That’s a simple concept, on the surface. But when we enter the dangerous world of young adult (YA) post-apocalyptic fiction, friendship becomes even more important.

It can make the difference between life or death. Literally.

When I was writing The Holdbacks, the first book in a young adult post-apocalyptic series, I sp...