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31 ott 2012 · YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA) Committee evolved from a committee established under the School Libraries Section of ALA, which was charged with producing a list of 1930s "Best Books for Young People." The committee has undergone several changes of focus and names over the years, including the Book Selection Committee (1954), and ...
Young adult fiction author John Green, writing for The New York Times, compared The Hunger Games with Scott Westerfeld's The Uglies series. Catching Fire was praised for improving upon the first book, and Mockingjay was praised for its portrayal of violence, well-realized worldbuilding, and romantic intrigue.
Green's idiosyncratic voice and rapid rise to fame in 2014 are credited with creating a major shift in the young adult fiction market. While reviewing the Andrew Smith young-adult novel, Winger , A. J. Jacobs of The New York Times used the term "GreenLit" to describe young adult books that contain "sharp dialogue, defective authority figures, occasional boozing, unrequited crushes, and one or ...
1 dic 2017 · In the world of young-adult academia, Zimmerman says professors often argue that adults read YA fiction to escape. That’s probably because so much of young-adult literature overlaps with genre ...
Diversity in young adult fiction. Young adult fiction and children's literature in general have historically shown a lack of diversity, that is, a lack of books with a main character who is, for example, a person of color, from the LGBTQIA+ community, or disabled. The numbers of children's book authors have shown a similar lack of diversity. [1]
University of Nottingham. Genre. Young adult. mystery. Notable works. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Holly Jackson (born 1992) [1] is a British author of young adult mystery novels. She is best known for her A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.
Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel. The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". [2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent ...
