The Question of Hope

Scholastic editor Cheryl Klein has come up with a very thoughtful definition of YA Lit over at her blog.  I’m particularly interested in one point she makes, “… a YA novel should end with hope, that there must be some thread of a ghost of a promise of a happy ending or more growth, that there is indeed meaning to the events enclosed.”  I agree wholeheartedly and think a sense of hope important for children’s stories as well.

I realize that the phrase, “a sense of hope” can be seen as trite, but I