Young Adult Fiction
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Sea Princess Azuri is a fun manga book for tween girls! more...
A great book for reluctant readers, kids who love the fantasy genre, and video game players. more...
Out of Orbit: Jessica Scott Kerrin
Martin Bridge is at it again! This time he's an alien lobster and has a pogo stick disaster. more...
Rider in the Night is the latest Time Spies book featuring Mattie, Alex, Sophie, and a headless horseman! more...
A fascinating story that is wrapped in timeless folk and "phaerie" tales from around the world. more...
A haunting book for tween and teen girls, In the Serpent's Coils will mesmerize and intrigue readers with its dark fantasy and mystery. more...
The scent of sausage is in the air and Jack Russell, dog detective, is on the case. more...
All feature articles in Young Adult Fiction
Race in Louis Sachar's 'Holes'
By: Edurne Scott
Louis Sachar succeeded in resolving racial issues within his story without a didactic anti-racist objective or blunted ideological content. more...
By: Robert O'Connor
L. Frank Baum's novels of Oz have been popular for more than a century. Their religious inspiration comes from an esoteric eastern religion little known in the west. more...
By: Catherine Owen
Teenage pregnancy is currently a popular topic in the media. These three young adult novels approach the sensitive subject in unique and engaging ways. more...
By: Jada Bradley
A young girl in Japan must carry on after her mother's suicide. more...
By: Jada Bradley
The struggles of the Asian American adolescents in this book are both universal and specific. more...
By:
Jem Bloomfield
It looked as if the traditional school story was dead in the water by the early 1990s. But it was just about to stage an unexpected revival. more...
The Girls' Boarding School Story
By:
Jem Bloomfield
The girls' school story survived scorn from literary critics and competition from series like Sweet Valley High, maintaining its place in our reading culture. more...
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