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When did YA fiction begin? The answer is not certain. Some say it started in the late 1800s and others say it started during WWII. In either case, we start seeing stories about and for young people since the 1860s with the publication of books like Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. By the beginning of the 20th century we see many series come to life, such as: Anne of Green Gables (series published from 1908 to 1921) by Lucy Maud Montgomery; Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Tom Swift all published in the 1920s by Edward Stratemever; Sue Barton Senior Nurse series (1936-1952) by Helen Dore Boylston, to name a few. In spite of the fact that we have a number of titles for teens before WWII, it is said that YA fiction really began during this period because it is then that teens are "given their own distinction as a social demographic" and Maureen Daly's Seventeenth Summer (1942) "is considered to be the first book written and published for teenagers" mostly because her character has an authentic teenage voice since she was actually 17 when she wrote the novel (Strickland, 2015, The very beginning section, para. 1). The term "young adult" (which was coined in the 1960s) was used to refern to people ages 12 to 18. It is titles like The Outsiders (1967), The Contender (1967), and The Pigman (1968) that initiated what is considered the modern young adult fiction (Gallo, 2003, p. 115, Talley, 2011, p.230). S. E. Hinton, Robert Lipsyte and Paul Zinder wrote about "mature contemporary realism directed to adolescents. The focus on culture and serious themes in young adult fiction paved the way for authors to write with more candor about teen issues in the 1970s, Cart said" (Stickland, 2015, The very beginning section, para. 2). The 1st Golden Age in YA fiction starts in the 1970s when authors start exploring different genres and project authentic voices as they narrate the stories. This is the decade of genres such as: 1. Horror and Mystery:
2. Realistic fiction:
In the late 1990s we have the first publication of authors that continue to publish books to this day and that are very popular, not just with teens, but adults too. Some of these authors are:
With the popularization of MTV in the 1990s, came the "crossover" trend in YA fiction which is fiction that targets audience ages 15 to 25. Even though MTV is not what is used to be anymore, the "crossover" trend is still alive in YA fiction (Gallo, 2003, p. 115). NoteThe 21st century has seen an incredible boom in YA fiction, teens and adults alike read these stories that are filled with emotion and intellectually stimulating ideas. Genres like Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopian fiction, and Realistic fiction have become really popular thanks to stories like:
Young Adult writers tell stories where teens have the potential of transforming themselves and the world around them in a wide spectrum of genres and sub-genres that catch the attention of people of all ages. Here are our library we have a growing collection of YA fiction that you can check out. References Gallo, D., & Cart, M. (2003). A place of energy, activity, and art. English Journal, 93(1), 113-116. Retrieved from http://www.library.drexel.edu/cgi-bin/r.cgi/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/ docview/237301148?accountid=10559 Little Women [digital image]. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.englishmuse.com/2012/05/what-im-currently-reading.html/little-women-book-cover-2 The Bad Beginning [digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/A_Series_of_Unfortunate_Events The Chocolate War [digital image]. (2013, May 14). Retrieved from http://stackedbooks.org/2013/05/the-chocolate-war-cover-retrospective.html The Hunger Games [digital image]. (2016, June 10). Retrieved from http://www.playbuzz.com/maximumpop10/hot-or-not-hunger-games-book-edition Talley, L. A. (2011). Young Adult. In P. Nel & L. Paul (Eds.), Keywords for Children's Literature (pp. 228-232). [Adobe Digital Editions version]. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qg46g.53 Strickland, A. (2015, April 15). A brief history of young adult literature. CNN. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/15/living/young-adult-fiction-evolution/ "How to Deal" with Y. A. Literature [Documentary]. (2003). In William Telter and Erica Huggins (Producers), How to Deal. California: Radar Pictures. Note: I wrote this article as a Libguide project for one of my MS Drexel courses and I decided I wanted to share with you so I'm posting it here with very minor changes. - Vilmarie Torres, Librarian If you like mystery and detective stories and graphic novels in Spanish, these titles are for you. This series made up of 7 books tells the story of a place called Narnia, it's magical inhabitants and the humans who help protect and save the land. Follow the adventures of our heroes in this magical saga. Here are the titles in chronological order: 1. The Magician's Nephew 2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 3. The Horse and His Boy 4. Prince Caspian 5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 6. The Silver Chair 7. The Last Battle The Chronicles are available at our library. I invite you to check them out!
On Thursday, November 6th Book Club members, Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge participants and other students that love to read will have the chance to be the first to check out our new Young Adult fiction books! Here is a sneak peek on some of the new acquired titles! |
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