What are YA books? And who is reading them?

Which books count as Young Adult, and which as teen or New Adult is ambiguous, and their readership is equally hard to define

After the costume-crowded overexcitement of the first ever Young Adult Literature Convention, brainchild of current children's laureate Malorie Blackman, many authors, readers and bloggers have been mulling over what exactly it is that makes a book YA. Is "YA" the same as "teen", and who is it read by? What are its requirements and restrictions? And what about "New Adult"?

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