Young Adult

Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 13 to 18.

Young-adult fiction, whether in the form of novels or short stories, has distinct attributes that distinguish it from the other age categories of fiction. The vast majority of YA stories portray an adolescent as the protagonist, rather than an adult or a child. The subject matter and story lines are typically consistent with the age and experience of the main character, but beyond that YA stories span the entire spectrum of fiction genres. The
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The Faraway Inn
Her Hidden Fire (Her Hidden Fire, #1)
Midnight on the Celestial
When I Was Death
Young World
She Drinks the Light
If We Never End
Hunting the Strange
Sing the Night (Opera Magique, #1)
Most Likely to Murder
A Deadly Inheritance
These Shattered Spires (Wyrdos)
Devious Prey
One Word, Six Letters
Prodigal Tiger
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